CVE-2026-10674

The NXP LPUART serial driver (drivers/serial/uart_mcux_lpuart.c), when CONFIG_UART_USE_RUNTIME_CONFIGURE is enabled, called LPUART_Deinit() at the start of mcux_lpuart_configure(), which disables the LPUART peripheral clocks. The requested configuration is validated only afterwards (in mcux_lpuart_configure_basic), and unsupported parity/data-bit/stop-bit/flow-control values return -ENOTSUP before the clock is re-enabled. As a result, a uart_configure() request with an unsupported configuration left the LPUART in a clock-disabled state; any subsequent access to LPUART registers (poll_out/poll_in, interrupt handling, or a later reconfigure) faults on the gated peripheral and escalates to a hard fault, crashing the system. uart_configure() is a Zephyr syscall whose verifier (z_vrfy_uart_configure) only checks that cfg is readable user memory and forwards the caller-supplied configuration unchanged, so an unprivileged userspace thread with access to an LPUART device can deterministically trigger the fault, a persistent system-wide denial of service. Introduced in v2.5.0 and present in all subsequent releases until this fix, which removes the LPUART_Deinit() call and instead only disables the transmitter/receiver, leaving the clock running.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/f56935c46fdf6559a20ad8484b29896ecac5808f	Patch
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-mw68-r353-m3vf	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:zephyrproject:zephyr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-21 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-30 16:08

NVD link : CVE-2026-10674

Mitre link : CVE-2026-10674

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-10674

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Products Affected

zephyrproject

zephyr

CWE

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion

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