CVE-2023-53664
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.5-6.5.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference in dev_pm_opp_get_required_pstate
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: OPP: Fix potential null ptr dereference in dev_pm_opp_get_required_pstate() "opp" pointer is dereferenced before the IS_ERR_OR_NULL() check. Fix it by removing the dereference to cache opp_table and dereference it directly where opp_table is used. This fixes the following smatch warning: drivers/opp/core.c:232 dev_pm_opp_get_required_pstate() warn: variable dereferenced before IS_ERR check 'opp' (see line 230)
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
1.9%
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 (7)
Linux/Linux
< 6.5
Linux/Linux
6.5
Linux/Linux
6.5.3 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux
6.6
Linux/Linux
84cb7ff35fcf7c0b552f553a3f2db9c3e92fc707 - 25130b27e0352acb83e91c467853eb9afad3b644
Linux/Linux
84cb7ff35fcf7c0b552f553a3f2db9c3e92fc707 - 7ddd8deb1c3c0363a7e14fafb5df26e2089a69a5
linux/linux_kernel
6.5 - 6.5.3
Published
Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026