---
id: CVE-2026-53384
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  serial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails

  dw8250_probe() registers the 8250 port via serial8250_register_8250_port()
  and then, if the devi…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  serial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails

  dw8250_probe() registers the 8250 port via serial8250_register_8250_port()
  and then, if the devi…
severity: none
published: '2026-07-19'
updated: '2026-07-19'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53384'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ffe414a708ae60551401cec5d727ed156b8caf'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fc708b4de7f86002d2d735a2dbf3b5b7f65692'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d205fe80f2181f0109150ad1fa06ee5bc046935'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/511d2b92f8d20de04acafab676150d26fb5c67f4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/778b9dda4b24005a27bcd9c35c110bf8d7f259ca'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccdf4510a3873b14e5e348cdb038717996f09fda'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72650a4f334581b23a1892b888a4cb1be142f76'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-19T16:31:24.419Z'
epss: 0.00515
epssPercentile: 0.42913
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

serial: 8250_dw: unregister 8250 port if clk_notifier_register() fails

dw8250_probe() registers the 8250 port via serial8250_register_8250_port()
and then, if the device has a clock, registers a clock notifier. If
clk_notifier_register() fails, probe returns the error but leaves the
8250 port registered. The matching serial8250_unregister_port() lives
in dw8250_remove(), which is not called when probe fails, so the port
slot stays occupied until the device is rebound or the system is
rebooted. The devm-allocated driver data is freed while the port still
references it (via the saved private_data and serial_in/serial_out
callbacks), so any access to that port slot before a rebind is a
use-after-free hazard.

Unregister the port on the clk_notifier_register() error path.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.