CVE-2023-53310

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in AXP288 Fuel Gauge External Power Changed Callback

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Fix external_power_changed race fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() dereferences info->bat, which gets sets in axp288_fuel_gauge_probe() like this: info->bat = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &fuel_gauge_desc, &psy_cfg); As soon as devm_power_supply_register() has called device_add() the external_power_changed callback can get called. So there is a window where fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() may get called while info->bat has not been set yet leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fixing this is easy. The external_power_changed callback gets passed the power_supply which will eventually get stored in info->bat, so fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() can simply directly use the passed in psy argument which is always valid.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 1.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e - 0456b912121e45b3ef54abe3135e5dcb541f956c
Linux/Linux 30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e - a636c6ba9ce898207f283271cb28511206ab739b
Linux/Linux 30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e - f8319774d6f1567d6e7d03653174ab0c82c5c66d
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.31 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.3.5 - 6.3.*
Linux/Linux 6.4
linux/linux_kernel 6.4 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.18 - 6.1.31
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026