[PATCH v3 3/3] serial: core: reject baud_base values that overflow port->uartclk in uart_set_info()
From: Hui Peng
Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 04:32:43 EST
In uart_set_info(), new_info->baud_base is multiplied by 16 and stored in
uport->uartclk (an unsigned int):
uport->uartclk = new_info->baud_base * 16;
While uart_set_info() checks if (uartclk == 0) and
if (new_info->baud_base < 9600), when new_info->baud_base exceeds
UINT_MAX / 16 with low bits set (for example, 0x10000001), multiplying
by 16 wraps around in 32-bit unsigned arithmetic to a small non-zero value
(16), bypassing both uartclk == 0 and new_info->baud_base < 9600 and
setting uport->uartclk = 16 (baud_base = 1, well below the required
minimum of 9600 * 16).
Reject new_info->baud_base > UINT_MAX / 16 alongside the uartclk == 0
check in uart_set_info().
Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by calling ioctl(fd, TIOCSSERIAL,
&ss) with ss.baud_base = 0x10000001 on /dev/ttyS1: on the unfixed kernel
TIOCSSERIAL succeeds (ret = 0) and wraps uport->uartclk to 16
(TIOCGSERIAL reports baud_base = 1), whereas with the fix applied
TIOCSSERIAL returns -EINVAL and preserves the existing uport->uartclk.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Fixes: 6eabce6608d6 ("serial: core: check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Add missing #include <linux/limits.h> for UINT_MAX and move the
new_info->baud_base > UINT_MAX / 16 check to the uartclk == 0 check, as
suggested by Ilpo Järvinen.
Changes in v2:
- Split out into patch 3/3 of the series, add Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
and document the QEMU test method, as requested by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 3845fb582f45..362dd6648ba4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/console.h>
#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
@@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ static int uart_set_info(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_port *port,
if (!(uport->flags & UPF_FIXED_PORT)) {
unsigned int uartclk = new_info->baud_base * 16;
/* check needs to be done here before other settings made */
- if (uartclk == 0)
+ if (uartclk == 0 || new_info->baud_base > UINT_MAX / 16)
return -EINVAL;
}
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
--
2.49.0