CVE-2026-97914
kernel: accel: ethosu: Fix ethosu_job_open() return value
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 25, 2026
Updated · September 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Arm Ethos-U accelerator driver. When scheduler initialization fails during a job open operation, the driver returns an incorrect positive status code instead of a standard negative error number. A local user can trigger this issue by opening an accelerator job file descriptor, which may cause user-space applications to improperly handle initialization failures and lead to unexpected behavior.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-393 · Return of Wrong Status Code