CVE-2026-97480

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97480",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:17:25.467",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:04.680",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register\n\nserial8250_register_8250_port() conditionally copies uart->port.dev\nfrom up->port.dev only when up->port.dev is non-NULL:\n\n\tif (up->port.dev) {\n\t\tuart->port.dev = up->port.dev;\n\t\t...\n\t}\n\nSo if both the existing uart slot and up have a NULL ->dev,\nuart->port.dev remains NULL. The very next ACPI companion check\nthen dereferences it unconditionally:\n\n\tif (!has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) {\n\nhas_acpi_companion() reads dev->fwnode without a NULL guard\n(include/linux/acpi.h), so this NULL-derefs the kernel for the\nremaining no-dev case rather than just skipping the\nmctrl_gpio_init() initialisation as intended.\n\nsmatch flags the inconsistency:\n\n  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:767\n  serial8250_register_8250_port() error: 'uart->port.dev' could be\n  null (see line 719)\n\nGuard the call with a NULL check so register continues to work\nfor callers that legitimately have no parent device (legacy\nnon-OF/non-ACPI registrations).\n\nNo functional change for callers that pass a non-NULL ->dev."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4",
              "lessThan": "f728f7f38a6eca16923c72fc6826445810d2b41f",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4",
              "lessThan": "68059b6e9f7292714286e2b0f5185ed2a43fccc5",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4",
              "lessThan": "9c78f89cf2fbae18b14c78bf172ca15d832aff15",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4",
              "lessThan": "5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4",
              "lessThan": "941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "5.3",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "5.3",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.1.191",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.6.160",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.12.114",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18.53",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68059b6e9f7292714286e2b0f5185ed2a43fccc5",
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    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050",
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    },
    {
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    },
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}