Improper Initialization in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23472

Vulnerability identifier: #VU124898

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23472

CWE-ID: CWE-665

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization handling in handle_tx() when processing PORT_UNKNOWN serial ports. A local user can use a PORT_UNKNOWN serial port to trigger an infinite loop and cause a denial of service.

This issue occurs because write-room reporting can indicate available space while write operations return zero when the transmit buffer is NULL, which can lead to a system hang.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_310-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_310-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.310.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.310.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.310.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.310.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.310.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455ce986fa356ff43a43c0d363ba95fa152f21d5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc70f2b36cf474d5cc8ecbcaf57f3e326fdec67c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe85a557186b7fe915572ae93a8f3f78bfd9a22

• Improper Initialization in Linux kernel tty serial driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel