In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: 8250: Fix oops for port->pm on uart_change_pm()
Unloading a hardware specific 8250 driver can produce error "Unable to
handle kernel paging request at virtual address" about ten seconds after
unloading the driver. This happens on uart_hangup() calling
uart_change_pm().
Turns out commit 04e82793f068 ("serial: 8250: Reinit port->pm on port
specific driver unbind") was only a partial fix. If the hardware specific
driver has initialized port->pm function, we need to clear port->pm too.
Just reinitializing port->ops does not do this. Otherwise serial8250_pm()
will call port->pm() instead of serial8250_do_pm().
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History
04 Aug 2026, 11:16
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
30 Dec 2025, 13:16
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Information
Published : 2025-12-30 13:16
Updated : 2026-08-04 11:16
NVD link : CVE-2023-54220
Mitre link : CVE-2023-54220
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-54220
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CWE
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