ipack: ipoctal: fix UAF, null-ptr-deref, and use-after-free in cleanup on remove
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 1a3258e105f711538201bdd2ac2a05b11554eabc, 4a6518be316029650301f2a5e8f0def229b895d9, a4613140f01bd0fb9980e2746ed9aaa65a29b5d6; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 1a3258e105f711538201bdd2ac2a05b11554eabc, 4a6518be316029650301f2a5e8f0def229b895d9, a4613140f01bd0fb9980e2746ed9aaa65a29b5d6; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1 or later.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipack: ipoctal: fix UAF, null-ptr-deref, and use-after-free in cleanup on remove Three issues arise when the device is removed while a tty session is still active: 1. UAF of struct ipoctal: the remove callback frees ipoctal via kfree() while tty ops may still access it. Fix by introducing kref-based lifetime management — kref is taken in install() when a tty is opened and released in cleanup() when the tty is finally destroyed; remove() uses kref_put() instead of kfree(). 2. NULL dereference in ipoctal_write_tty(): __ipoctal_remove() frees xmit_buf via tty_port_free_xmit_buf() while a userspace process may still hold the tty fd and call write(). Fix by checking for NULL xmit_buf in ipoctal_write_tty(). 3. UAF in ipoctal_cleanup(): ipack_put_carrier(ipoctal->dev) dereferences ipoctal->dev after the ipack_device has been freed by ipack_device_del(). Fix by caching ipoctal->carrier_owner during probe() and calling module_put() on the cached pointer directly in cleanup(), avoiding any access to ipoctal->dev. Also introduce a "removed" flag in struct ipoctal, set at the start of __ipoctal_remove(), and checked in every tty op that accesses hardware resources (port_activate, write_tty, set_termios, hangup, shutdown). This prevents page faults when devm_ioremap() regions are unmapped after remove() returns.
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 9th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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Linux Linux
- 3.8affected
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before ab5f5b27a340004b92252c6a5f23bf1c6cf3b02aaffected · git
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before c92ef8fd834521f0b788e0511976c689fe57c63caffected · git
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before a4613140f01bd0fb9980e2746ed9aaa65a29b5d6affected · git
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before 1a3258e105f711538201bdd2ac2a05b11554eabcaffected · git
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before 4a6518be316029650301f2a5e8f0def229b895d9affected · git
- 05e5027efc9c0bb6d1d04cde279afbafca0a7929 and later · before b6b5d64cb161a28347d64dc3168a636c4abb68d5affected · git
- before 3.8not affected · semver
- 6.1.188 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.157 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | all versions | — |
| Debian:12 | linux-6.12 | before 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.111-1 | 6.12.111-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.6-1 | 7.2.6-1 |
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1a3258e105f711538201bdd2ac2a05b11554eabc | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 4a6518be316029650301f2a5e8f0def229b895d9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a4613140f01bd0fb9980e2746ed9aaa65a29b5d6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ab5f5b27a340004b92252c6a5f23bf1c6cf3b02a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b6b5d64cb161a28347d64dc3168a636c4abb68d5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | c92ef8fd834521f0b788e0511976c689fe57c63c | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.150.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | — | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.157.1-1 · Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.111-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:linux-6.12 | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a6518be316029650301f2a5e8f0def229b895d9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4613140f01bd0fb9980e2746ed9aaa65a29b5d6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab5f5b27a340004b92252c6a5f23bf1c6cf3b02a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6b5d64cb161a28347d64dc3168a636c4abb68d5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92ef8fd834521f0b788e0511976c689fe57c63c
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