{"cve":"CVE-2023-53094","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-02T16:15:28.363","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:54.930","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix race on RX DMA shutdown\n\nFrom time to time DMA completion can come in the middle of DMA shutdown:\n\n<process ctx>:\t\t\t\t<IRQ>:\nlpuart32_shutdown()\n  lpuart_dma_shutdown()\n    del_timer_sync()\n\t\t\t\t\tlpuart_dma_rx_complete()\n\t\t\t\t\t  lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty()\n\t\t\t\t\t    mod_timer()\n    lpuart_dma_rx_free()\n\nWhen the timer fires a bit later, sport->dma_rx_desc is NULL:\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004\npc : lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty+0xcc/0x5bc\nlr : lpuart_timer_func+0x1c/0x2c\nCall trace:\n lpuart_copy_rx_to_tty\n lpuart_timer_func\n call_timer_fn\n __run_timers.part.0\n run_timer_softirq\n __do_softirq\n __irq_exit_rcu\n irq_exit\n handle_domain_irq\n gic_handle_irq\n call_on_irq_stack\n do_interrupt_handler\n ...\n\nTo fix this fold del_timer_sync() into lpuart_dma_rx_free() after\ndmaengine_terminate_sync() to make sure timer will not be re-started in\nlpuart_copy_rx_to_tty() <= lpuart_dma_rx_complete().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a98d56dfedafb25652bdb9cd48a4e73ceba702","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be6f2b15f902c02e055ae0b419ca789200473c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a36b444cace9580380467fd1183bb5e85bcc80a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90530e7214c8a04dcdde57502d93fa96af288c38","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/954fc9931f0aabf272b5674cf468affdd88d3a36"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53094","score":0.00154,"percentile":0.04466,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}