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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.* … |
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91ea13375f70f6271a0183445e34e83b8f4d8f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1159dce10b38eb795e4c96cdc4d34b83cec81c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654f45a8569f3cd6ff20bd724a18e0cce65893ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d2c41a8b00934ddf8a7c1b4cf72dffa1e629c46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/452d6fa37ae9b021f4f6d397dbae077f7296f6f4