# CVE-2022-48871: tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: fix slab-out-of-bounds on RX FIFO buffer

> A slab-out-of-bounds write in the Qualcomm Geni serial driver allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to system crashes or code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48871, GHSA-hq8p-jq83-pjp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48871

## What is CVE-2022-48871?

CVE-2022-48871 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: fix slab-out-of-bounds on RX FIFO buffer

Driver's probe allocates memory for RX FIFO (port->rx_fifo) based on
default RX FIFO depth, e.g. 16.  Later during serial startup the
qcom_geni_serial_port_setup() updates the RX FIFO depth
(port->rx_fifo_depth) to match real device capabilities, e.g. to 32.

The RX UART handle code will read "port->rx_fifo_depth" number of words
into "port->rx_fifo" buffer, thus exceeding the bounds.  This can be
observed in certain configurations with Qualcomm Bluetooth HCI UART
device and KASAN:

  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Product ID   :0x00000010
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA SOC Version  :0x400a0200
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA ROM Version  :0x00000200
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Patch Version:0x00000d2b
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA controller version 0x02000200
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Downloading qca/htbtfw20.tlv
  bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for qca/htbtfw20.tlv failed with error -2
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to request file: qca/htbtfw20.tlv (-2)
  Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to download patch (-2)
  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c
  Write of size 4 at addr ffff279347d578c0 by task swapper/0/0

  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rt5-00350-gb2450b7e00be-dirty #26
  Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
  Call trace:
   dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe0/0xf0
   show_stack+0x18/0x40
   dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xb8
   print_report+0x188/0x488
   kasan_report+0xb4/0x100
   __asan_store4+0x80/0xa4
   handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c
   qcom_geni_serial_handle_rx+0x84/0x9c
   qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x24c/0x760
   __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x108/0x500
   handle_irq_event+0x6c/0x110
   handle_fasteoi_irq+0x138/0x2cc
   generic_handle_domain_irq+0x48/0x64

If the RX FIFO depth changes after probe, be sure to resize the buffer.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48871?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48871?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48871 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48871 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48871/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48871/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48871
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48871
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48871

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