fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2023-53206

fkie_cve-2023-53206

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-09-15 15:15

Modified

2025-09-15 15:22

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference Pass i2c_client to _pmbus_is_enabled to drop the assumption that a regulator device is passed in. This will fix the issue of a NULL pointer dereference when called from _pmbus_get_flags.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bd66784274a287beada2933c2c0fa3a0ddae0d7
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7444253cacd92412bc8d33d1c9b5401f52cdf0e2

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference\n\nPass i2c_client to _pmbus_is_enabled to drop the assumption\nthat a regulator device is passed in.\n\nThis will fix the issue of a NULL pointer dereference when called from\n_pmbus_get_flags."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53206",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-15T15:22:27.090",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-15T15:15:47.090",
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    }
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2023-53206 (GCVE-0-2023-53206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-15 14:21

Modified

2025-09-15 14:21

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference Pass i2c_client to _pmbus_is_enabled to drop the assumption that a regulator device is passed in. This will fix the issue of a NULL pointer dereference when called from _pmbus_get_flags.

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7444253cacd92412bc8d33d1c9b5401f52cdf0e2
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bd66784274a287beada2933c2c0fa3a0ddae0d7

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Version: df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6
Version: df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6

Version: 6.4

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