[PATCH 2/2] serdev: use tty_port_tty_get() in ttyport_write_buf() to prevent UAF
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:06:10 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-serial,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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From: Joshua Rogers <[email protected]> ttyport_write_buf() snapshots serport->tty as a raw pointer without taking a reference, while ttyport_close() can concurrently release the tty via tty_release_struct(), leading to a use-after-free. Use tty_port_tty_get() to obtain a reference-counted tty pointer, matching the pattern already used by ttyport_write_wakeup(). Assisted-by: AISLE:Snapshot Cc: stable <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joshua Rogers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c index 48ce5b3f8308..4d37c8130dd7 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c @@ -85,13 +85,21 @@ static const struct tty_port_client_operations client_ops = { static ssize_t ttyport_write_buf(struct serdev_controller *ctrl, const u8 *data, size_t len) { struct serport *serport = serdev_controller_get_drvdata(ctrl); - struct tty_struct *tty = serport->tty; + struct tty_struct *tty; + ssize_t ret; if (!test_bit(SERPORT_ACTIVE, &serport->flags)) return 0; + tty = tty_port_tty_get(serport->port); + if (!tty) + return 0; + set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags); - return tty->ops->write(serport->tty, data, len); + ret = tty->ops->write(tty, data, len); + tty_kref_put(tty); + + return ret; } static void ttyport_write_flush(struct serdev_controller *ctrl) -- 2.55.0