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CVE-2026-97480— tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register

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Linux Linux
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在 Linux 内核中，已修复以下漏洞： tty: serial: 8250: 在注册过程中防止对 uart->port.dev 的空指针解引用 函数在 非空时，才会将 从 拷贝过来： 因此，如果现有的 插槽和 都拥有 NULL 的 ，则 将保持为 NULL。紧接着，ACPI 伙伴（ACPI companion）检查会无条件地对该指针进行解引用： 在不进行空指针保护的情况下读取 （见 ），因此在没有设备（no-dev）的情况下，会导致内核空指针解引用，而不是按预期跳过 初始化。 静态代码分析工具 smatch 指出

EPSS 0.15% · P4

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4< 5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd affected
4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4< 941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050 affected
5.3 affected
< 5.3 unaffected
6.18.53≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-97480

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Vulnerability Title
tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register serial8250_register_8250_port() conditionally copies uart->port.dev from up->port.dev only when up->port.dev is non-NULL: if (up->port.dev) { uart->port.dev = up->port.dev; ... } So if both the existing uart slot and up have a NULL ->dev, uart->port.dev remains NULL. The very next ACPI companion check then dereferences it unconditionally: if (!has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) { has_acpi_companion() reads dev->fwnode without a NULL guard (include/linux/acpi.h), so this NULL-derefs the kernel for the remaining no-dev case rather than just skipping the mctrl_gpio_init() initialisation as intended. smatch flags the inconsistency: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:767 serial8250_register_8250_port() error: 'uart->port.dev' could be null (see line 719) Guard the call with a NULL check so register continues to work for callers that legitimately have no parent device (legacy non-OF/non-ACPI registrations). No functional change for callers that pass a non-NULL ->dev.
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

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4 ~ 5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd -
Linux Linux 5.3 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-97480 (2)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-24 · 234 CVEs total

CVE-2026-93207 9.8 CRITICAL SUNRPC: Zero rpc_gss_wire_cred at svcauth_gss_decode_credbody() entry
CVE-2026-97413 9.8 CRITICAL RDMA/rtrs-srv: Fix integer underflow in process_read and process_write
CVE-2026-93228 9.1 CRITICAL svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
CVE-2026-93799 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate sta_id in BA window status notif
CVE-2026-97442 8.8 HIGH wifi: ath11k: fix invalid data access in ath11k_dp_rx_h_undecap_nwifi
CVE-2026-97409 8.8 HIGH nvme-fc: Do not cancel requests in io target before it is initialized
CVE-2026-93806 8.8 HIGH wifi: cfg80211: validate assoc response length before status and IE access
CVE-2026-93793 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate TX_CMD response layout
CVE-2026-93790 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix out-of-bounds tid_data access in BA notif
CVE-2026-93284 8.8 HIGH drm/pagemap: dma-unmap pages before handling migration errors
CVE-2026-93280 8.8 HIGH greybus: audio: bound the topology section sizes against the fetched size
CVE-2026-97509 8.8 HIGH thunderbolt: Keep XDomain reference during the lifetime of a service
CVE-2026-93827 8.4 HIGH virtio-fs: avoid double-free on failed queue setup
CVE-2026-97450 8.4 HIGH ACPICA: validate handler object type in two places
CVE-2026-97451 8.4 HIGH ACPICA: Fix integer overflow in acpi_ex_opcode_3A_1T_1R() (mid_op)
CVE-2026-97452 8.4 HIGH ACPICA: Prevent adding invalid references
CVE-2026-97455 8.4 HIGH ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ds_terminate_control_method()
CVE-2026-97433 8.2 HIGH nvme: validate FDP configuration descriptor sizes
CVE-2026-93221 8.1 HIGH nfsd: convert nfsd_net boolean flags to unsigned long flags word
CVE-2026-93786 8.1 HIGH ksmbd: preserve VFS inherited POSIX ACL mask

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