CVE-2023-53664

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.5-6.5.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference in dev_pm_opp_get_required_pstate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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)

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