AZL-109137

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Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-109137.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-109137
Upstream
Published
2026-10-18T16:17:28Z
Modified
2026-10-19T14:16:31Z
Summary
CVE-2026-98747 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
Details

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

serial: core: fix NULL pointer dereference in serial_core_unregister_port()

port->port_dev is NULL when no port device is installed: it is cleared on teardown, and never set if registration failed before serial_core_port_device_add(). serial_core_unregister_port() passes it straight to serial_core_get_ctrl_dev(), which dereferences it:

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047] RIP: serial_core_unregister_port Call Trace: serial8250_unregister_port serial8250_remove unbind_store

Return early when there is no port device, and read port->port_dev under port_mutex.

Also clear port->port_dev on the serial_core_register_port() error path, where the port device has already been removed.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.157.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-109137.json"