In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firmware: thead: Fix buffer overflow and use standard endian macros
Addresses two issues in the TH1520 AON firmware protocol driver:
1. Fix a potential buffer overflow where the code used unsafe pointer
arithmetic to access the 'mode' field through the 'resource' pointer
with an offset. This was flagged by Smatch static checker as:
"buffer overflow 'data' 2 <= 3"
2. Replace custom RPC_SET_BE* and RPC_GET_BE* macros with standard
kernel endianness conversion macros (cpu_to_be16, etc.) for better
portability and maintainability.
The functionality was re-tested with the GPU power-up sequence,
confirming the GPU powers up correctly and the driver probes
successfully.
[ 12.702370] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] loaded firmware
powervr/rogue_36.52.104.182_v1.fw
[ 12.711043] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] FW version v1.0 (build
6645434 OS)
[ 12.719787] [drm] Initialized powervr 1.0.0 for ffef400000.gpu on
minor 0
firmware: thead: Fix buffer overflow and use standard endian macros
Addresses two issues in the TH1520 AON firmware protocol driver:
1. Fix a potential buffer overflow where the code used unsafe pointer
arithmetic to access the 'mode' field through the 'resource' pointer
with an offset. This was flagged by Smatch static checker as:
"buffer overflow 'data' 2 <= 3"
2. Replace custom RPC_SET_BE* and RPC_GET_BE* macros with standard
kernel endianness conversion macros (cpu_to_be16, etc.) for better
portability and maintainability.
The functionality was re-tested with the GPU power-up sequence,
confirming the GPU powers up correctly and the driver probes
successfully.
[ 12.702370] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] loaded firmware
powervr/rogue_36.52.104.182_v1.fw
[ 12.711043] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] FW version v1.0 (build
6645434 OS)
[ 12.719787] [drm] Initialized powervr 1.0.0 for ffef400000.gpu on
minor 0
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: thead: Fix buffer overflow and use standard endian macros Addresses two issues in the TH1520 AON firmware protocol driver: 1. Fix a potential buffer overflow where the code used unsafe pointer arithmetic to access the 'mode' field through the 'resource' pointer with an offset. This was flagged by Smatch static checker as: "buffer overflow 'data' 2 <= 3" 2. Replace custom RPC_SET_BE* and RPC_GET_BE* macros with standard kernel endianness conversion macros (cpu_to_be16, etc.) for better portability and maintainability. The functionality was re-tested with the GPU power-up sequence, confirming the GPU powers up correctly and the driver probes successfully. [ 12.702370] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] loaded firmware powervr/rogue_36.52.104.182_v1.fw [ 12.711043] powervr ffef400000.gpu: [drm] FW version v1.0 (build 6645434 OS) [ 12.719787] [drm] Initialized powervr 1.0.0 for ffef400000.gpu on minor 0 | |
| Title | firmware: thead: Fix buffer overflow and use standard endian macros | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-27T17:34:28.738Z
Reserved: 2026-03-09T15:48:24.131Z
Link: CVE-2026-31690
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-04-27T18:16:54.507
Modified: 2026-04-27T18:32:22.917
Link: CVE-2026-31690
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