CVE-2022-48871
tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: fix slab-out-of-bounds on RX FIFO buffer
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: fix slab-out-of-bounds on RX FIFO buffer Driver's probe allocates memory for RX FIFO (port->rx_fifo) based on default RX FIFO depth, e.g. 16. Later during serial startup the qcom_geni_serial_port_setup() updates the RX FIFO depth (port->rx_fifo_depth) to match real device capabilities, e.g. to 32. The RX UART handle code will read "port->rx_fifo_depth" number of words into "port->rx_fifo" buffer, thus exceeding the bounds. This can be observed in certain configurations with Qualcomm Bluetooth HCI UART device and KASAN: Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Product ID :0x00000010 Bluetooth: hci0: QCA SOC Version :0x400a0200 Bluetooth: hci0: QCA ROM Version :0x00000200 Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Patch Version:0x00000d2b Bluetooth: hci0: QCA controller version 0x02000200 Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Downloading qca/htbtfw20.tlv bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for qca/htbtfw20.tlv failed with error -2 Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to request file: qca/htbtfw20.tlv (-2) Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to download patch (-2) ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c Write of size 4 at addr ffff279347d578c0 by task swapper/0/0 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rt5-00350-gb2450b7e00be-dirty #26 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT) Call trace: dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe0/0xf0 show_stack+0x18/0x40 dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xb8 print_report+0x188/0x488 kasan_report+0xb4/0x100 __asan_store4+0x80/0xa4 handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c qcom_geni_serial_handle_rx+0x84/0x9c qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x24c/0x760 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x108/0x500 handle_irq_event+0x6c/0x110 handle_fasteoi_irq+0x138/0x2cc generic_handle_domain_irq+0x48/0x64 If the RX FIFO depth changes after probe, be sure to resize the buffer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected f9d690b6ece7ec9a6ff6b588df95a010ab2d66f9 – < 894681682dbefdad917b88f86cde1069140a047a
- affected f9d690b6ece7ec9a6ff6b588df95a010ab2d66f9 – < cb53a3366eb28fed67850c80afa52075bb71a38a
- affected f9d690b6ece7ec9a6ff6b588df95a010ab2d66f9 – < fd524ca7fe45b8a06dca2dd546d62684a9768f95
- affected f9d690b6ece7ec9a6ff6b588df95a010ab2d66f9 – < b8caf69a6946e18ffebad49847e258f5b6d52ac2
- affected 5.7
- unaffected < 5.7
- unaffected 5.10.165 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.90 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.8 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894681682dbefdad917b88f86cde1069140a047a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb53a3366eb28fed67850c80afa52075bb71a38a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd524ca7fe45b8a06dca2dd546d62684a9768f95 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8caf69a6946e18ffebad49847e258f5b6d52ac2 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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