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    "id": "CVE-2026-23472",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23472",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T15:15:51.209Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T12:39:15.795Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "serial: core: fix infinite loop in handle_tx() for PORT_UNKNOWN",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: core: fix infinite loop in handle_tx() for PORT_UNKNOWN\n\nuart_write_room() and uart_write() behave inconsistently when\nxmit_buf is NULL (which happens for PORT_UNKNOWN ports that were\nnever properly initialized):\n\n- uart_write_room() returns kfifo_avail() which can be > 0\n- uart_write() checks xmit_buf and returns 0 if NULL\n\nThis inconsistency causes an infinite loop in drivers that rely on\ntty_write_room() to determine if they can write:\n\n  while (tty_write_room(tty) > 0) {\n      written = tty->ops->write(...);\n      // written is always 0, loop never exits\n  }\n\nFor example, caif_serial's handle_tx() enters an infinite loop when\nused with PORT_UNKNOWN serial ports, causing system hangs.\n\nFix by making uart_write_room() also check xmit_buf and return 0 if\nit's NULL, consistent with uart_write().\n\nReproducer: https://gist.github.com/mrpre/d9a694cc0e19828ee3bc3b37983fde13",
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