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CVE-2026-53384

critical · 9.8

In 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.

9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
43rd
EPSS percentile
2026-07-19
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.19, < 6.1.177
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2, < 6.6.144
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7, < 6.12.95
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13, < 6.18.38
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19, < 7.0.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 7.1, < 7.1.2

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