vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-43893: Important priority package update for kernel
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 26, 2024 | Oct 16, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 26, 2024
Added
Oct 16, 2025
Modified
Oct 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: core: check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero
Calling ioctl TIOCSSERIAL with an invalid baud_base can
result in uartclk being zero, which will result in a
divide by zero error in uart_get_divisor(). The check for
uartclk being zero in uart_set_info() needs to be done
before other settings are made as subsequent calls to
ioctl TIOCSSERIAL for the same port would be impacted if
the uartclk check was done where uartclk gets set.
Oops: divide error: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
RIP: 0010:uart_get_divisor (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:580)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
serial8250_get_divisor (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2576
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2589)
serial8250_do_set_termios (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:502
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2741)
serial8250_set_termios (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2862)
uart_change_line_settings (./include/linux/spinlock.h:376
./include/linux/serial_core.h:608 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:222)
uart_port_startup (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:342)
uart_startup (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:368)
uart_set_info (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1034)
uart_set_info_user (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1059)
tty_set_serial (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2637)
tty_ioctl (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2647 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2791)
__x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:907
fs/ioctl.c:893 fs/ioctl.c:893)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52
(discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 (discriminator 1))
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
Rule: add
serial: core: check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero
Calling ioctl TIOCSSERIAL with an invalid baud_base can
result in uartclk being zero, which will result in a
divide by zero error in uart_get_divisor(). The check for
uartclk being zero in uart_set_info() needs to be done
before other settings are made as subsequent calls to
ioctl TIOCSSERIAL for the same port would be impacted if
the uartclk check was done where uartclk gets set.
Oops: divide error: 0000 PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
RIP: 0010:uart_get_divisor (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:580)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
serial8250_get_divisor (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2576
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2589)
serial8250_do_set_termios (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:502
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2741)
serial8250_set_termios (drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2862)
uart_change_line_settings (./include/linux/spinlock.h:376
./include/linux/serial_core.h:608 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:222)
uart_port_startup (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:342)
uart_startup (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:368)
uart_set_info (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1034)
uart_set_info_user (drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1059)
tty_set_serial (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2637)
tty_ioctl (drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2647 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2791)
__x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:907
fs/ioctl.c:893 fs/ioctl.c:893)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52
(discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 (discriminator 1))
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
Rule: add
Solutions
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