CVE-2025-21695 (GCVE-0-2025-21695)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-12 13:27 – Updated: 2025-10-01 19:57
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Title
platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: fix serdev race
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: fix serdev race The dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe() function calls devm_serdev_device_open() before setting the client ops via serdev_device_set_client_ops(). This ordering can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the serdev controller's receive_buf handler, as it assumes serdev->ops is valid when SERPORT_ACTIVE is set. This is similar to the issue fixed in commit 5e700b384ec1 ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_uart: properly fix race condition") where devm_serdev_device_open() was called before fully initializing the device. Fix the race by ensuring client ops are set before enabling the port via devm_serdev_device_open(). Note, serdev_device_set_baudrate() and serdev_device_set_flow_control() calls should be after the devm_serdev_device_open() call.
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 484bae9e4d6acb5eec39e1ea47f9aa43f11b154d , < d3a24d923333f75aaece9acb051d676edc0afb75 (git)
Affected: 484bae9e4d6acb5eec39e1ea47f9aa43f11b154d , < 1b2128aa2d45ab20b22548dcf4b48906298ca7fd (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.11 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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