CVE-2022-50625

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s AMBA-PL011 serial driver used on ARM Server Base System Architecture platforms. The existing stop_rx operation shared between generic SBSA UARTs and AMBA-PL011 UARTs invoked pl011_dma_rx_stop, which attempts to access the DMA Control Register (DMACR). SBSA generic UART hardware does not support DMA, and accessing the DMACR register on such hardwarecan trigger an unhandled data abort, causing a segmentation fault or crash.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.