Linux Kernel up to 6.0.2 tty fsl_lpuart denial of service

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 5.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2. The impacted element is the function fsl_lpuart of the component tty. The manipulation leads to denial of service.
This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-50375. No exploit is available.
It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function fsl_lpuart of the component tty. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: disable dma rx/tx use flags in lpuart_dma_shutdown lpuart_dma_shutdown tears down lpuart dma, but lpuart_flush_buffer can still occur which in turn tries to access dma apis if lpuart_dma_tx_use flag is true. At this point since dma is torn down, these dma apis can abort. Set lpuart_dma_tx_use and the corresponding rx flag lpuart_dma_rx_use to false in lpuart_dma_shutdown so that dmas are not accessed after they are relinquished. Otherwise, when try to kill btattach, kernel may panic. This patch may fix this issue. root@imx8ulpevk:~# btattach -B /dev/ttyLP2 -S 115200 ^C[ 90.182296] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 96000210 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 90.189806] Modules linked in: moal(O) mlan(O) [ 90.194258] CPU: 0 PID: 503 Comm: btattach Tainted: G O 5.15.32-06136-g34eecdf2f9e4 #37 [ 90.203554] Hardware name: NXP i.MX8ULP 9X9 EVK (DT) [ 90.208513] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 90.215470] pc : fsl_edma3_disable_request+0x8/0x60 [ 90.220358] lr : fsl_edma3_terminate_all+0x34/0x20c [ 90.225237] sp : ffff800013f0bac0 [ 90.228548] x29: ffff800013f0bac0 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: ffff000008404800 [ 90.235681] x26: ffff000008404960 x25: ffff000008404a08 x24: ffff000008404a00 [ 90.242813] x23: ffff000008404a60 x22: 0000000000000002 x21: 0000000000000000 [ 90.249946] x20: ffff800013f0baf8 x19: ffff00000559c800 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 90.257078] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 90.264211] x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000040 [ 90.271344] x11: ffff00000600c248 x10: ffff800013f0bb10 x9 : ffff000057bcb090 [ 90.278477] x8 : fffffc0000241a08 x7 : ffff00000534ee00 x6 : ffff000008404804 [ 90.285609] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff0000055b3480 [ 90.292742] x2 : ffff8000135c0000 x1 : ffff00000534ee00 x0 : ffff00000559c800 [ 90.299876] Call trace: [ 90.302321] fsl_edma3_disable_request+0x8/0x60 [ 90.306851] lpuart_flush_buffer+0x40/0x160 [ 90.311037] uart_flush_buffer+0x88/0x120 [ 90.315050] tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x20/0x30 [ 90.319496] hci_uart_flush+0x44/0x90 [ 90.323162] +0x34/0x12c [ 90.327253] tty_ldisc_close+0x38/0x70 [ 90.331005] tty_ldisc_release+0xa8/0x190 [ 90.335018] tty_release_struct+0x24/0x8c [ 90.339022] tty_release+0x3ec/0x4c0 [ 90.342593] __fput+0x70/0x234 [ 90.345652] ____fput+0x14/0x20 [ 90.348790] task_work_run+0x84/0x17c [ 90.352455] do_exit+0x310/0x96c [ 90.355688] do_group_exit+0x3c/0xa0 [ 90.359259] __arm64_sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x20 [ 90.363609] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 [ 90.367362] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xd4/0xfc [ 90.372068] do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94 [ 90.375379] el0_svc+0x28/0x80 [ 90.378438] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa8/0x130 [ 90.382711] el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4 [ 90.386376] Code: 17ffffda d503201f d503233f f9409802 (b9400041) [ 90.392467] ---[ end trace 2f60524b4a43f1f6 ]--- [ 90.397073] note: btattach[503] exited with preempt_count 1 [ 90.402636] Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!
It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-50375 since 09/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265606 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50375), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17 or 6.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 29b897ac7b990882c74bd08605692214e7e58b83/9a56ade124d4891a31ab1300c57665f07f5b24d5/c4293def8860fd587a84400ccba5b49cec56e2c3/d554c14eb73ee91d76fc9aece4616f0b687c295d/3953e7f261e2f4d9c35f0c025df9f166f46aa626/316ae95c175a7d770d1bfe4c011192712f57aa4a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (265606) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2092). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Affected
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- IBM QRadar SIEM
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Open Source Linux Kernel
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway
- Dell NetWorker
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 5.4.219
- 5.10.149
- 5.15.0
- 5.15.1
- 5.15.2
- 5.15.3
- 5.15.4
- 5.15.5
- 5.15.6
- 5.15.7
- 5.15.8
- 5.15.9
- 5.15.10
- 5.15.11
- 5.15.12
- 5.15.13
- 5.15.14
- 5.15.15
- 5.15.16
- 5.15.17
- 5.15.18
- 5.15.19
- 5.15.20
- 5.15.21
- 5.15.22
- 5.15.23
- 5.15.24
- 5.15.25
- 5.15.26
- 5.15.27
- 5.15.28
- 5.15.29
- 5.15.30
- 5.15.31
- 5.15.32
- 5.15.33
- 5.15.34
- 5.15.35
- 5.15.36
- 5.15.37
- 5.15.38
- 5.15.39
- 5.15.40
- 5.15.41
- 5.15.42
- 5.15.43
- 5.15.44
- 5.15.45
- 5.15.46
- 5.15.47
- 5.15.48
- 5.15.49
- 5.15.50
- 5.15.51
- 5.15.52
- 5.15.53
- 5.15.54
- 5.15.55
- 5.15.56
- 5.15.57
- 5.15.58
- 5.15.59
- 5.15.60
- 5.15.61
- 5.15.62
- 5.15.63
- 5.15.64
- 5.15.65
- 5.15.66
- 5.15.67
- 5.15.68
- 5.15.69
- 5.15.70
- 5.15.71
- 5.15.72
- 5.15.73
- 5.15.74
- 5.19.0
- 5.19.1
- 5.19.2
- 5.19.3
- 5.19.4
- 5.19.5
- 5.19.6
- 5.19.7
- 5.19.8
- 5.19.9
- 5.19.10
- 5.19.11
- 5.19.12
- 5.19.13
- 5.19.14
- 5.19.15
- 5.19.16
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Nessus ID: 265606
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50375
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Kernel 5.4.220/5.10.150/5.15.75/5.19.17/6.0.3
Patch: 29b897ac7b990882c74bd08605692214e7e58b83/9a56ade124d4891a31ab1300c57665f07f5b24d5/c4293def8860fd587a84400ccba5b49cec56e2c3/d554c14eb73ee91d76fc9aece4616f0b687c295d/3953e7f261e2f4d9c35f0c025df9f166f46aa626/316ae95c175a7d770d1bfe4c011192712f57aa4a
Timeline
09/17/2025 CVE reserved09/18/2025 Advisory disclosed
09/18/2025 VulDB entry created
03/05/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-50375 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-50375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324815
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2092 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service
Entry
Created: 09/18/2025 16:15Updated: 03/05/2026 11:15
Changes: 09/18/2025 16:15 (59), 09/19/2025 12:39 (7), 09/21/2025 21:58 (2), 11/29/2025 07:20 (1), 12/11/2025 19:39 (11), 03/05/2026 11:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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