CVE-2023-53206

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53206
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53206.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53206
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-15T14:21:34.551Z
Modified
2025-11-20T00:07:55.494667Z
Summary
hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference
Details

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

hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference

Pass i2cclient to _pmbusis_enabled to drop the assumption that a regulator device is passed in.

This will fix the issue of a NULL pointer dereference when called from pmbusget_flags.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6
Fixed
7444253cacd92412bc8d33d1c9b5401f52cdf0e2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6
Fixed
0bd66784274a287beada2933c2c0fa3a0ddae0d7

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.3
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.4.1
v6.4.2
v6.4.3
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6
v6.4.7
v6.5-rc1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.4.0
Fixed
6.4.8