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CVE-2026-63883

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: qcom_geni: fix kfifo underflow when flush precedes DMA completion IRQ When uart_flush_buffer() runs before the DMA completion IRQ is delivered, the following race can occur (all steps serialized by uart_port_lock): 1. DMA starts: tx_remaining = N, kfifo contains N bytes 2. DMA completes in hardware; IRQ is pending but not yet delivered 3. uart_flush_buffer() acquires the port lock and calls kfifo_reset(), making kfifo_len() = 0 while tx_remaining remains N 4. uart_flush_buffer() releases the port lock 5. DMA IRQ fires; handle_tx_dma() acquires the port lock and calls uart_xmit_advance(uport, tx_remaining) on an empty kfifo uart_xmit_advance() increments kfifo->out by tx_remaining. Since kfifo_reset() already set both in and out to 0, out wraps past in, causing kfifo_len() to return UART_XMIT_SIZE - tx_remaining. The next start_tx_dma() call then submits a DMA transfer of stale buffer data. Fix this by snapshotting kfifo_len() at the start of handle_tx_dma() and skipping uart_xmit_advance() when fifo_len < tx_remaining, which indicates the kfifo was reset by a preceding flush.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-63883
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 14:54 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-19 14:54 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 2aaa43c7077833301c237684cd7bc9ae5e3dec95 < c91ea13375f70f6271a0183445e34e83b8f4d8f7, 2aaa43c7077833301c237684cd7bc9ae5e3dec95 < b1159dce10b38eb795e4c96cdc4d34b83cec81c5, 2aaa43c7077833301c237684cd7bc9ae5e3dec95 < 654f45a8569f3cd6ff20bd724a18e0cce65893ba, 2aaa43c7077833301c237684cd7bc9ae5e3dec95 < 0d2c41a8b00934ddf8a7c1b4cf72dffa1e629c46 …
Linux Linux 6.3, 0 < 6.3, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.93 ≤ 6.12.* …
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