CVE-2023-53049

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.5-5.10.176 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ucsi_connector_change()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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