GHSA-8QR8-6QVC-C8X9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 12:30 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails
dw8250_probe() registers the 8250 port via serial8250_register_8250_port() and then, if the device has a clock, registers a clock notifier. If clk_notifier_register() fails, probe returns the error but leaves the 8250 port registered. The matching serial8250_unregister_port() lives in dw8250_remove(), which is not called when probe fails, so the port slot stays occupied until the device is rebound or the system is rebooted. The devm-allocated driver data is freed while the port still references it (via the saved private_data and serial_in/serial_out callbacks), so any access to that port slot before a rebind is a use-after-free hazard.
Unregister the port on the clk_notifier_register() error path.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53384"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-19T12:16:49Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails\n\ndw8250_probe() registers the 8250 port via serial8250_register_8250_port()\nand then, if the device has a clock, registers a clock notifier. If\nclk_notifier_register() fails, probe returns the error but leaves the\n8250 port registered. The matching serial8250_unregister_port() lives\nin dw8250_remove(), which is not called when probe fails, so the port\nslot stays occupied until the device is rebound or the system is\nrebooted. The devm-allocated driver data is freed while the port still\nreferences it (via the saved private_data and serial_in/serial_out\ncallbacks), so any access to that port slot before a rebind is a\nuse-after-free hazard.\n\nUnregister the port on the clk_notifier_register() error path.",
"id": "GHSA-8qr8-6qvc-c8x9",
"modified": "2026-07-20T15:31:44Z",
"published": "2026-07-19T12:30:22Z",
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