serial: 8250: Reinit port->pm on port specific driver unbind (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250: Reinit port->pm on port specific driver unbind When we unbind a serial port hardware specific 8250 driver, the generic serial8250 driver takes over the port. After that we see an oops about 10 seconds later. This can produce the following at least on some TI SoCs: Unhandled fault: imprecise external abort (0x1406) Internal error: : 1406 [#1] SMP ARM Turns out that we may still have the serial port hardware specific driver port->pm in use, and serial8250_pm() tries to call it after the port specific driver is gone: serial8250_pm [8250_base] from uart_change_pm+0x54/0x8c [serial_base] uart_change_pm [serial_base] from uart_hangup+0x154/0x198 [serial_base] uart_hangup [serial_base] from __tty_hangup.part.0+0x328/0x37c __tty_hangup.part.0 from disassociate_ctty+0x154/0x20c disassociate_ctty from do_exit+0x744/0xaac do_exit from do_group_exit+0x40/0x8c do_group_exit from __wake_up_parent+0x0/0x1c Let's fix the issue by calling serial8250_set_defaults() in serial8250_unregister_port(). This will set the port back to using the serial8250 default functions, and sets the port->pm to point to serial8250_pm.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/490bf37eaabb0a857ed1ae8e75d8854e41662f1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e080c3005fd183c56ff8f4d75edb5da0765d2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5cd2928d31042a7c0a01464f9a8d95be736421d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c86a1305c1406f45ea780d06953c484ea1d9e6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ba5594739d858e524ff0f398ee1ebfe0a8b9d41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4d6dbb1a92ea424ad1ba1d0c88c7fa2345d872
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e596aed5f2f98cf3e6e98d6fe1d689f4a319308
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e82793f068d2f0ffe62fcea03d007a8cdc16a7
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-59800
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-53176
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0108 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0921 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0895 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.14.316cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.15 < 4.19.284cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.20 < 5.4.244cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.181cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.113cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.30cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.3.4
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < 490bf37eaabb0a857ed1ae8e75d8854e41662f1c ; affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < c9e080c3005fd183c56ff8f4d75edb5da0765d2c ; affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < d5cd2928d31042a7c0a01464f9a8d95be736421d ; affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < 2c86a1305c1406f45ea780d06953c484ea1d9e6e ; affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < 1ba5594739d858e524ff0f398ee1ebfe0a8b9d41 ; affected c161afe9759ddcc174d08e7c4f683d08ac9ba86f < af4d6dbb1a92ea424ad1ba1d0c88c7fa2345d872 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.37 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.37 ; unaffected 4.14.316 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.284 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.244 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.181 ≤ 5.10.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |