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CVE-2026-43458
Summary

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

serial: caif: hold tty->link reference in ldisc_open and ser_release

A reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free in pty_write_room()
when caif_serial's TX path calls tty_write_room(). The faulting access
is on tty->link->port.

Hold an extra kref on tty->link for the lifetime of the caif_serial line
discipline: get it in ldisc_open() and drop it in ser_release(), and
also drop it on the ldisc_open() error path.

With this change applied, the reproducer no longer triggers the UAF in
my testing.

Publication Date May 9, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Registration Date May 9, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
Last Update May 9, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
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