CVE-2026-43458 PUBLISHED

serial: caif: hold tty->link reference in ldisc_open and ser_release

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

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

serial: caif: hold tty->link reference in ldisc_open and ser_release

A reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free in pty_write_room() when caif_serial's TX path calls tty_write_room(). The faulting access is on tty->link->port.

Hold an extra kref on tty->link for the lifetime of the caif_serial line discipline: get it in ldisc_open() and drop it in ser_release(), and also drop it on the ldisc_open() error path.

With this change applied, the reproducer no longer triggers the UAF in my testing.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 23a3ac2e2262a291498567418227b99e1f3606b1 (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 52135420e9f75853ea0c6cea7b736e3e98495f7d (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to ca2ceba983bb23ea0202c2882d963253416654a3 (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 8460187b4852fd00bd1c76394358053f3fa4d089 (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 27e43356d0defb9fc7fa25265219a3ffeb7b3e98 (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 35b58d3bc716ebb9ebd10fe1cac8c1177242511c (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 97a0bb491cae39478c6225381f14e9ac67b7bba7 (excl.)
  • affected from e31d5a05948e4478ba8396063d1e1f39880928e2 to 288598d80a068a0e9281de35bcb4ce495f189e2a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.35 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.35 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.203 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.167 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.130 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.19 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.9 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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