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.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d2c41a8b00934ddf8a7c1b4cf72dffa1e629c46 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/452d6fa37ae9b021f4f6d397dbae077f7296f6f4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/654f45a8569f3cd6ff20bd724a18e0cce65893ba Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1159dce10b38eb795e4c96cdc4d34b83cec81c5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91ea13375f70f6271a0183445e34e83b8f4d8f7 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.3
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362
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