CVE-2026-98748
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250_bcm7271: fix use-after-free in brcmuart_remove() brcmuart_handle_irq() starts priv->hrt to work around a receive-timeout quirk of the 8250 core when hardware flow control is enabled; the timer callback brcmuart_hrtimer_func() dereferences priv. brcmuart_remove() cancels the hrtimer before it unregisters the port, so a receive-timeout interrupt that arrives in between re-arms the timer. After devm frees priv, the callback runs on freed memory. Unregister the port before cancelling the hrtimer. serial8250_unregister_port() shuts the port down and frees its IRQ, so brcmuart_handle_irq() can no longer restart the timer, and the final hrtimer_cancel() drains any timer that was armed before or during the unregister. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-18 16:17:28.557000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:21:23.413000
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"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:28.557",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:23.413",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: 8250_bcm7271: fix use-after-free in brcmuart_remove()\n\nbrcmuart_handle_irq() starts priv->hrt to work around a receive-timeout\nquirk of the 8250 core when hardware flow control is enabled; the timer\ncallback brcmuart_hrtimer_func() dereferences priv.\n\nbrcmuart_remove() cancels the hrtimer before it unregisters the port, so\na receive-timeout interrupt that arrives in between re-arms the timer.\nAfter devm frees priv, the callback runs on freed memory.\n\nUnregister the port before cancelling the hrtimer.\nserial8250_unregister_port() shuts the port down and frees its IRQ, so\nbrcmuart_handle_irq() can no longer restart the timer, and the final\nhrtimer_cancel() drains any timer that was armed before or during the\nunregister.\n\nThis issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool."
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