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LIN1021-18994 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2023-53551

Created: Oct 10, 2025    Updated: Oct 17, 2025
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:[EOL][EOL]usb: gadget: u_serial: Add null pointer check in gserial_resume[EOL][EOL]Consider a case where gserial_disconnect has already cleared[EOL]gser->ioport. And if a wakeup interrupt triggers afterwards,[EOL]gserial_resume gets called, which will lead to accessing of[EOL]gser->ioport and thus causing null pointer dereference.Add[EOL]a null pointer check to prevent this.[EOL][EOL]Added a static spinlock to prevent gser->ioport from becoming[EOL]null after the newly added check.
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