CVE-2023-53094

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.18.9-3.19 - Race Condition in LPUART DMA RX Shutdown

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (18)
Linux/Linux < 4.0
Linux/Linux 0d5cb6e8b4b62d8efd1a470615894276341d6db9
Linux/Linux 3.18.9 - 3.19
Linux/Linux 3.19.1 - 3.20
Linux/Linux 4.0
Linux/Linux 4a8588a1cf867333187d9ff071e6fbdab587d194 - 19a98d56dfedafb25652bdb9cd48a4e73ceba702
Linux/Linux 4a8588a1cf867333187d9ff071e6fbdab587d194 - 1be6f2b15f902c02e055ae0b419ca789200473c9
Linux/Linux 4a8588a1cf867333187d9ff071e6fbdab587d194 - 2a36b444cace9580380467fd1183bb5e85bcc80a
Linux/Linux 4a8588a1cf867333187d9ff071e6fbdab587d194 - 90530e7214c8a04dcdde57502d93fa96af288c38
Linux/Linux 4a8588a1cf867333187d9ff071e6fbdab587d194 - 954fc9931f0aabf272b5674cf468affdd88d3a36
... and 8 more
Published May 02, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026