CVE-2024-38634
MEDIUMLinux Kernel <=6.9.3 - UART CTS Handler Improper Locking
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: max3100: Lock port->lock when calling uart_handle_cts_change() uart_handle_cts_change() has to be called with port lock taken, Since we run it in a separate work, the lock may not be taken at the time of running. Make sure that it's taken by explicitly doing that. Without it we got a splat: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 10 at drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:3491 uart_handle_cts_change+0xa6/0xb0 ... Workqueue: max3100-0 max3100_work [max3100] RIP: 0010:uart_handle_cts_change+0xa6/0xb0 ... max3100_handlerx+0xc5/0x110 [max3100] max3100_work+0x12a/0x340 [max3100]
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel
2.6.30 - 4.19.316linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.278linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.161linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.93linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.219linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.33linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.4linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.30
Linux/Linux
2.6.30
Linux/Linux
4.19.316 - 4.19.*
... and 17 more
Published
Jun 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026