CVE-2026-90338— serial: amba-pl011: keep console clock enabled for atomic writes
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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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在 Linux 内核中，以下漏洞已得到修复： serial: amba-pl011: 在原子写入时保持控制台时钟启用 在 nbcon 原子上下文中运行，在该上下文中不允许睡眠。它调用了 ，该函数会获取 common-clk 的 。在 PREEMPT_RT 配置下，这是一把可睡眠的锁： 首先尝试 ，但在发生竞争时回退到 。因此，在启用了基于时钟控制的 pl011 的 RT 内核上，原子上下文中的 可能触发： BUG: 在无效上下文中调用了可睡眠函数 at spinlock_rt.c:48 __might_resche
Affected Version Matrix 8
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2eb2608618ce5878e11bbe68cc8d2699c8f3a81a< 5b77848423f4a5a362dcc3caedcdc1a75d0758c3 |
affected |
2eb2608618ce5878e11bbe68cc8d2699c8f3a81a< 2ad24c1d0b939d814a3020f96a667ac2d0394289 |
affected | ||
2eb2608618ce5878e11bbe68cc8d2699c8f3a81a< c0e8cfef754645856374e82c8effd54b7d82002b |
affected | ||
6.15 |
affected | ||
< 6.15 |
unaffected | ||
6.18.52≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
7.2.6≤ 7.2.* |
unaffected | ||
7.3-rc1≤ * |
unaffected |
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-90338
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
serial: amba-pl011: keep console clock enabled for atomic writes
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: amba-pl011: keep console clock enabled for atomic writes
pl011_console_write_atomic() runs from nbcon atomic context, where
sleeping is not allowed. It calls clk_enable(), which takes the common-clk
enable_lock. Under PREEMPT_RT that is a sleeping lock:
clk_enable_lock() first tries spin_trylock_irqsave(), but on contention
falls back to spin_lock_irqsave(). Therefore, an atomic-context printk on
an RT kernel with a clk-backed pl011 can trip:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at spinlock_rt.c:48
__might_resched from rt_spin_lock
rt_spin_lock from clk_enable_lock
clk_enable_lock from clk_enable
clk_enable from pl011_console_write_atomic
... from vprintk_emit
This was found and reproduced on PREEMPT_RT. Arm32 and arm64 DT SoCs are
affected; arm64 SBSA/ACPI has no clk, so clk_enable(NULL) short-circuits
before the lock. In addition, write_atomic() may be invoked from NMI
context and is documented to avoid locking. Removing clk_enable() from
the callback also avoids a potentially unsafe NMI acquisition of the
common-clock enable_lock.
An nbcon atomic-capable console must be printable from any context, so
the clock cannot be gated between writes. Enable the clock while the
console is available for output: use clk_prepare_enable() in
pl011_console_setup(), release it via clk_disable_unprepare() in the
console .exit() callback, and drop the per-write clk_enable()/clk_disable()
pairs from write_atomic() and write_thread().
When printk suspends consoles, drop the reference after
uart_suspend_port() stops console access and restore it before
uart_resume_port() -- but only if suspend actually marked the port
suspended (a wake-capable tty stays running and must keep its clock), and
keep it when console_suspend_enabled is false so no_console_suspend works.
The active power cost of keeping the clock enabled is platform-dependent:
none where the UART clock is a fixed always-on oscillator, real where it
is a gateable clock branch, which then cannot be gated (nor possibly can
its parent clocks) while the console is available for output. When serial
core actually suspends the port, the reference is released so the clock
provider can gate the clock tree.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-90338 (3)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-17 · 600 CVEs total
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| CVE-2026-90235 | 9.8 CRITICAL | sunrpc: xprtsock: annotate shared socket callbacks with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE |
| CVE-2026-90173 | 9.8 CRITICAL | smb: smbdirect: free completion queues with ib_free_cq() |
| CVE-2026-90151 | 9.8 CRITICAL | NFSv4: remove callback IDR entry on client allocation failure |
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| CVE-2026-90413 | 9.1 CRITICAL | IB/isert: reject login PDUs declaring more data than was received |
| CVE-2026-90414 | 9.1 CRITICAL | IB/isert: reject PDUs declaring more data than was received |
| CVE-2026-90230 | 9.1 CRITICAL | nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate() |
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| CVE-2026-90357 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: mt7915: unlink TWT flow if the MCU rejects the agreement |
| CVE-2026-90286 | 8.8 HIGH | drm/amdgpu/gfx6: Use PFP on the compute queues too |
| CVE-2026-90381 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: fix handling channel context with different bands in mt76_switch_vif_chanctx() |
| CVE-2026-90380 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix use-after-free in mt76_rx_poll_complete |
| CVE-2026-90329 | 8.8 HIGH | HID: synchronize input before cleaning up a failed probe |
| CVE-2026-93042 | 8.8 HIGH | dmaengine: dw-edma: Terminate all descriptors without callbacks |
| CVE-2026-90162 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race |
| CVE-2026-90379 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: mt7921: Add PCIe AER handler support to prevent system crash |
| CVE-2026-90367 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: mt7996: hold dev->mt76.mutex while disabling tx worker in SER |
| CVE-2026-90371 | 8.8 HIGH | wifi: mt76: fix RXDMAD_C buffer recycling race |
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