Bug 2495931 (CVE-2026-53338)

Summary: CVE-2026-53338 kernel: net: airoha: Add NULL check for of_reserved_mem_lookup() in airoha_qdma_init_hfwd_queues()
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Airoha QDMA driver. This vulnerability occurs when the of_reserved_mem_lookup() function returns a NULL pointer, indicating that a referenced reserved memory region is not found. The driver then attempts to dereference this NULL pointer, leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. This can result in a system crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) for an affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-01 14:01:43 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: airoha: Add NULL check for of_reserved_mem_lookup() in airoha_qdma_init_hfwd_queues()

of_reserved_mem_lookup() may return NULL if the reserved memory region
referenced by the "memory-region" phandle is not found in the reserved
memory table (e.g. due to a misconfigured DTS or a removed
memory-region node).  The current code dereferences the returned
pointer without checking for NULL, leading to a kernel NULL pointer
dereference at the following lines:

    dma_addr = rmem->base;                          // line 1156
    num_desc = div_u64(rmem->size, buf_size);       // line 1160

Add a NULL check after of_reserved_mem_lookup() and return -ENODEV if
the lookup fails, which is consistent with the existing error handling
for of_parse_phandle() failure in the same code block.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-01 18:57:12 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026070144-CVE-2026-53338-59eb@gregkh/T