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GHSA-PV3W-35GF-CP37

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 18:30 – Updated: 2026-08-25 06:31

Details

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

vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get

kbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference, racing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty under a different lock. Use tty_port_tty_get()/tty_kref_put() to hold a proper reference for the duration the tty pointer is needed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-74675 (GCVE-0-2026-74675)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:32 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:41

Title

vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get kbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference, racing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty under a different lock. Use tty_port_tty_get()/tty_kref_put() to hold a proper reference for the duration the tty pointer is needed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84fd400f80adf4d1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38400673c9bfb39cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab5a342f05893340…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a0aa593ebc275ae…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f6b1d3fcfc26dc3f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b664592e9ba8c47c9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc4a1a2ce0c58eafd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25d47a526939ad44…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b84fd400f80adf4d1c88fbce50ae1cf2f8119e65 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 38400673c9bfb39cfc87539e1a072087e98f4e4f (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < cab5a342f0589334046741006d8a280514f94235 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 38a0aa593ebc275aea6f79534d07f44e43768ce6 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 3f6b1d3fcfc26dc3fc85262f753439df93b055b4 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b664592e9ba8c47c9e23408db7ba52eb9f946c8a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < cc4a1a2ce0c58eafd477effb055863935260ddc1 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e25d47a526939ad44b75f778b8a7500562b84fc1 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.152 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.104 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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