What is CVE-2026-64528?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: samsung: Remove redundant port lock acquisition in rx helpers Sashiko identified a deadlock when the console flow is engaged [1]. When console flow control is enabled (UPF_CONS_FLOW), s3c24xx_serial_stop_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() calls s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable(). The serial core framework invokes the .stop_tx() and .start_tx() callbacks with the port->lock spinlock already held. Furthermore, all internal driver paths that invoke stop_tx (such as the DMA TX completion handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_dma_complete() or the PIO TX IRQ handler s3c24xx_serial_tx_irq()) also acquire port->lock prior to calling it. (Note that s3c24xx_serial_start_tx() is only invoked by the serial core). However, s3c24xx_serial_rx_enable() and s3c24xx_serial_rx_disable() unconditionally attempt to acquire port->lock again using uart_port_lock_irqsave(). Since spinlocks are not recursive, this causes a deadlock on the same CPU when console flow control is engaged. Remove the redundant lock acquisition from both rx helper functions.
1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 72 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.4% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 0.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-25
Is CVE-2026-64528 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 31 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Linux: Linux
How to fix CVE-2026-64528
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-64528 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-64528
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-64528, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Other references
- git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org (10014eb7eee351f7b587f8ac85830f0c9343cb9a)
- git.kernel.org (f4c3e63fa8639aedf96fb200d9939945a9eed51e)
- git.kernel.org (a9c22e0f93ba18322a6623ecdda2f0cd858ca350)
- git.kernel.org (14143ec10d69f42806b5d7b046f0fd1b835831ae)
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