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CVE-2026-64528

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung: Remove redundant port lock acquisition in rx helpers Sashiko identified a deadlock when the console flow is engaged [1]. When console flow control is enabled (UPF_CONS_FLOW), s3c24xx_serial_stop_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable(). The serial core framework invokes the .stop_tx() and .start_tx() callbacks with the port->lock spinlock already held. Furthermore, all internal driver paths that invoke stop_tx (such as the DMA TX completion handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_dma_complete() or the PIO TX IRQ handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_irq()) also acquire port->lock prior to calling it. (Note that s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() is only invoked by the serial core). However, s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable() unconditionally attempt to acquire port->lock again using uart_port_lock_irqsave(). Since spinlocks are not recursive, this causes a deadlock on the same CPU when console flow control is engaged. Remove the redundant lock acquisition from both rx helper functions.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64528
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 09:20 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 09:20 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux b497549a035c2a81b71c7a27f2b00c8a16c09423 < ee9eb72be95490602c493db050c73d925c3a4d74, b497549a035c2a81b71c7a27f2b00c8a16c09423 < 10014eb7eee351f7b587f8ac85830f0c9343cb9a, b497549a035c2a81b71c7a27f2b00c8a16c09423 < f4c3e63fa8639aedf96fb200d9939945a9eed51e, b497549a035c2a81b71c7a27f2b00c8a16c09423 < a9c22e0f93ba18322a6623ecdda2f0cd858ca350 …
Linux Linux 2.6.27, 0 < 2.6.27, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* …
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