CVE-2023-52938

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

I

n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Don't attempt to resume the ports before they exist This will fix null pointer dereference that was caused by the driver attempting to resume ports that were not yet registered.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82060da749c611ed427523b6d1605d87338aac1	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd11d7136fd070b3a74d6d8799d9eac28a57fc5	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

15 Apr 2025, 14:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
CWE		CWE-476
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82060da749c611ed427523b6d1605d87338aac1 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82060da749c611ed427523b6d1605d87338aac1 - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd11d7136fd070b3a74d6d8799d9eac28a57fc5 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd11d7136fd070b3a74d6d8799d9eac28a57fc5 - Patch
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Linux
Summary		(es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: usb: typec: ucsi: No intente reanudar los puertos antes de que existan. Esto solucionará la desreferencia de puntero nulo que fue causada por el controlador que intentaba reanudar puertos que aún no estaban registrados.

27 Mar 2025, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-27 17:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2023-52938

Mitre link : CVE-2023-52938

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-52938

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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