CVE-2026-98753

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: tty_port: restore TTY_IO_ERROR on activation failure Make sure to restore the TTY_IO_ERROR flag if activation fails to prevent I/O attempts on a port that is gone or powered down. This specifically avoids issues like kernel panic due to unclocked accesses or NULL-pointer dereferences when accessing powered down or deregistered ports when a TTY ioctl races with hangup and open. Note that the flag is set again in tty_port_close() but not restoring it on activation failure leaves a window where drivers fail to handle the ioctl-hangup race.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:29.103000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:21:24.277000

View original CVE JSON

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:29.103",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:24.277",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntty: tty_port: restore TTY_IO_ERROR on activation failure\n\nMake sure to restore the TTY_IO_ERROR flag if activation fails to\nprevent I/O attempts on a port that is gone or powered down.\n\nThis specifically avoids issues like kernel panic due to unclocked\naccesses or NULL-pointer dereferences when accessing powered down or\nderegistered ports when a TTY ioctl races with hangup and open.\n\nNote that the flag is set again in tty_port_close() but not restoring it\non activation failure leaves a window where drivers fail to handle the\nioctl-hangup race."
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