CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98750
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: fix saved termios reset race
Resetting saved termios state on device registration is needed where a
minor number can be reused for an entirely different device and where
the old settings may prevent the port from even being opened (e.g. when
CLOCAL is not set).
Not all TTY drivers guarantee that the minor number is no longer in use
when registering devices however, something which can lead to a
use-after-free when closing a TTY (and saving its termios) races with
re-registration.
Add a new TTY_DRIVER_RESET_SAVED_TERMIOS flag to request that any saved
termios state is reset on registration and only set it for drivers that
make sure that the minor number is no longer in use.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bf919f041af9de372428bb0c938157ea144164 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1572d86bcf0bcb848d20fc5e5de7ed6963034c2b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b4e15cccfbe03b7c6ae60ff570c401bfb1e51d6 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8df07fe93573e9e548d6645273e9bcb6eb74059e git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaf0251f847a45861e94c6617024a9455687d2f git.kernel.org