In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250: omap: Don't skip resource freeing if pm_runtime_resume_and_get() failed Returning an error code from .remove() makes the driver core emit the little helpful error message: remove callback returned a non-zero value. This will be ignored. and then remove the device anyhow. So all resources that were not freed are leaked in this case. Skipping serial8250_unregister_port() has the potential to keep enough of the UART around to trigger a use-after-free. So replace the error return (and with it the little helpful error message) by a more useful error message and continue to cleanup.
| Product | Vendor | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | Versions prior to: macOS Mojave 10.14 |
| Linux | Linux | 4.9.2 |
| Linux | Linux | 2016 (64-bit edition) |
| Linux | Linux | Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems |