CVE-2023-53176

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

serial: 8250: Reinit port->pm on port specific driver unbind

When we unbind a serial port hardware specific 8250 driver, the generic

serial8250 driver takes over the port. After that we see an oops about 10

seconds later. This can produce the following at least on some TI SoCs:

Unhandled fault: imprecise external abort (0x1406)

Internal error: : 1406 [#1] SMP ARM

Turns out that we may still have the serial port hardware specific driver

port->pm in use, and serial8250_pm() tries to call it after the port

specific driver is gone:

serial8250_pm [8250_base] from uart_change_pm+0x54/0x8c [serial_base]

uart_change_pm [serial_base] from uart_hangup+0x154/0x198 [serial_base]

uart_hangup [serial_base] from __tty_hangup.part.0+0x328/0x37c

__tty_hangup.part.0 from disassociate_ctty+0x154/0x20c

disassociate_ctty from do_exit+0x744/0xaac

do_exit from do_group_exit+0x40/0x8c

do_group_exit from __wake_up_parent+0x0/0x1c

Let's f

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References