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From: Igor Putko <igorpetindev@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, Vignesh R <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Igor Putko <igorpetindev@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+843bf2f48f4d12e6682e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] serial: core: shut down initialized port on removal
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:22:24 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924192224.3175-1-igorpetindev@gmail.com> (raw)

When a serial port configured as a console is opened and subsequently
closed, tty_port_shutdown() skips invoking port->ops->shutdown() because
port->console is true. As a result, tty_port_initialized() remains true
and the port's interrupt handler stays registered in the irq subsystem.

If the underlying device is later unbound or removed (e.g. via sysfs
unbind), serial_core_remove_one_port() unregisters the console, frees
uport->name with kfree(), and clears state->uart_port without ever
shutting down the port or freeing its IRQ. Consequently, the irqaction
remains linked in the genirq descriptor with action->name pointing to
freed memory.

When another device later requests the same IRQ line, __setup_irq()
encounters the stale action, detects a flags mismatch, and attempts to
print old->name in pr_err(), triggering a KASAN use-after-free read:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:648
  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in string+0x471/0x4d0 lib/vsprintf.c:730
  Read of size 1 at addr ffff88802643b8a0 by task syz.0.818/8415
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:648
   string+0x471/0x4d0 lib/vsprintf.c:730
   vsnprintf+0x422/0x1300 lib/vsprintf.c:2949
   vprintk_store+0x3b3/0xbe0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2307
   vprintk_emit+0x139/0x6b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
   _printk+0xcf/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
   __setup_irq.cold+0x3be/0x3f1 kernel/irq/manage.c:1821
   request_threaded_irq+0x261/0x3e0 kernel/irq/manage.c:2184
   pcl812_attach+0x1b62/0x2300 drivers/comedi/drivers/pcl812.c:1174
   ...

Fix this by clearing port->console after unregistering the console and
calling uart_shutdown(NULL, state) under port->mutex if the port remains
initialized, ensuring the interrupt and hardware resources are freed
before kfree(uport->name).

Reported-by: syzbot+843bf2f48f4d12e6682e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=843bf2f48f4d12e6682e
Fixes: 761ed4a94582 ("tty: serial_core: convert uart_close to use tty_port_close")
Fixes: f7048b15900f ("tty: serial_core: Add name field to uart_port struct")
Signed-off-by: Igor Putko <igorpetindev@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 95774b0f1484..030735da6b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -3210,8 +3210,15 @@ static void serial_core_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv,
 	/*
 	 * If the port is used as a console, unregister it
 	 */
-	if (uart_console(uport))
+	if (uart_console(uport)) {
 		unregister_console(uport->cons);
+		port->console = false;
+	}
+
+	guard(mutex)(&port->mutex);
+
+	if (tty_port_initialized(port))
+		uart_shutdown(NULL, state);
 
 	/*
 	 * Free the port IO and memory resources, if any.
@@ -3227,7 +3234,6 @@ static void serial_core_remove_one_port(struct uart_driver *drv,
 	uport->type = PORT_UNKNOWN;
 	uport->port_dev = NULL;
 
-	guard(mutex)(&port->mutex);
 	WARN_ON(atomic_dec_return(&state->refcount) < 0);
 	wait_event(state->remove_wait, !atomic_read(&state->refcount));
 	state->uart_port = NULL;
-- 
2.47.3


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