CVE-2026-53312 iommu/riscv: Remove overflows on the invalidation path

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An integer overflow in the RISC-V IOMMU driver causes an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-53312?

CVE-2026-53312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/riscv: Remove overflows on the invalidation path

Since RISC-V supports a sign extended page table it should support a gather->end of ULONG_MAX, but if this happens it will infinite loop because of the overflow.

Also avoid overflow computing the length by moving the +1 to the other side of the <

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53312?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53312?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-53312 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-53312, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53312, GHSA-h2cq-p42h-rq44, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53312.

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