CVE-2023-53094
tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix race on RX DMA shutdown
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- May 2, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- May 2, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix race on RX DMA shutdown
From time to time DMA completion can come in the middle of DMA shutdown:
<process ctx>: <IRQ>: lpuart32_shutdown() lpuart_dma_shutdown() del_timer_sync() lpuart_dma_rx_complete() lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty() mod_timer() lpuart_dma_rx_free()
When the timer fires a bit later, sport->dma_rx_desc is NULL:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004 pc : lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty+0xcc/0x5bc lr : lpuart_timer_func+0x1c/0x2c Call trace: lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty lpuart_timer_func call_timer_fn __run_timers.part.0 run_timer_softirq __do_softirq __irq_exit_rcu irq_exit handle_domain_irq gic_handle_irq call_on_irq_stack do_interrupt_handler ...
To fix this fold del_timer_sync() into lpuart_dma_rx_free() after dmaengine_terminate_sync() to make sure timer will not be re-started in lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty() <= lpuart_dma_rx_complete().
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a98d56dfedafb25652bdb9cd48a4e73ceba702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90530e7214c8a04dcdde57502d93fa96af288c38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/954fc9931f0aabf272b5674cf468affdd88d3a36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a36b444cace9580380467fd1183bb5e85bcc80a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be6f2b15f902c02e055ae0b419ca789200473c9
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