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CVE-2026-97480VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Microsoft · tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-97480· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in f728f7f38a6eca16923c72fc6826445810d2b41f : update Microsoft when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 12:19 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in f728f7f38a6eca16923c72fc6826445810d2b41f, 68059b6e9f7292714286e2b0f5185ed2a43fccc5, 941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050 +2

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4, < f728f7f38a6eca16923c72fc6826445810d2b41f
Fixed in
  • f728f7f38a6eca16923c72fc6826445810d2b41f
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4, < 68059b6e9f7292714286e2b0f5185ed2a43fccc5
Fixed in
  • 68059b6e9f7292714286e2b0f5185ed2a43fccc5
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4, < 941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050
Fixed in
  • 941c9f84c9b6310f7aaa1c8c785dcc634ee33050
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4, < 9c78f89cf2fbae18b14c78bf172ca15d832aff15
Fixed in
  • 9c78f89cf2fbae18b14c78bf172ca15d832aff15
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • ≥ 4a96895f74c9633b51427fd080ab70fa62b65bc4, < 5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd
Fixed in
  • 5cbab666721d974bfe033a12045d808936deaefd
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =5.3
Fixed in–

Description

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