CVE-2023-53049
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.5-5.10.176 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ucsi_connector_change()
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: ucsi: Fix NULL pointer deref in ucsi_connector_change() When ucsi_init() fails, ucsi->connector is NULL, yet in case of ucsi_acpi we may still get events which cause the ucs_acpi code to call ucsi_connector_change(), which then derefs the NULL ucsi->connector pointer. Fix this by not setting ucsi->ntfy inside ucsi_init() until ucsi_init() has succeeded, so that ucsi_connector_change() ignores the events because UCSI_ENABLE_NTFY_CONNECTOR_CHANGE is not set in the ntfy mask.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux
< 5.5
Linux/Linux
5.10.177 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.105 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.5
Linux/Linux
6.1.22 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.2.9 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux
6.3
Linux/Linux
bdc62f2bae8fb0e8e99574de5232f0a3c54a27df - 1c5abcb13491da8c049f20462189c12c753ba978
Linux/Linux
bdc62f2bae8fb0e8e99574de5232f0a3c54a27df - 7dd27aed9c456670b3882877ef17a48195f21693
Linux/Linux
bdc62f2bae8fb0e8e99574de5232f0a3c54a27df - 7ef0423e43f877a328454059d46763043ce3da44
... and 4 more
Published
May 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026