CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-89740
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: imx: serialize imx_uart_ports[] lifetime
imx_uart_probe() publishes its devm-allocated port in imx_uart_ports[]
before uart_add_one_port() because console setup uses the table. The entry
is not cleared when adding the port fails or after removal, leaving a
dangling pointer.
A sibling probe can register the shared console through that stale entry.
This was reproduced under KASAN on QEMU mcimx6ul-evk by unbinding a
sibling UART, unbinding the console UART and rebinding the sibling.
Keep the entry valid through uart_remove_one_port(), then clear it. Protect
port addition and removal together with their table updates so sibling
operations cannot interleave. Reject an occupied slot rather than
clobbering an active port during a duplicate-line probe.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b932202fcdbeb2ef58d89ce4363f480433c234 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681696ae9e4a28bdf54893c807dfe4a6c08e30a5 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7429dce56a73bc080a8c072edb167106f73a08ae git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b0b29fdcb47907ae0296b8fe829e918e05e300f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc17fd508a511669997e48f8b014d8aa043abdf git.kernel.org