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GHSA-6GH5-4FVC-RW6C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-27 18:31 – Updated: 2025-04-15 15:30

Details

In 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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2023-52938 (GCVE-0-2023-52938)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-27 16:37 – Updated: 2025-10-01 19:26

Summary

In 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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd11d7136fd070b3…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82060da749c611ed…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 9222912924fcf56e2d166a503eddbdb5ffd2005f , < fdd11d7136fd070b3a74d6d8799d9eac28a57fc5 (git)
Affected: e0dced9c7d4763fd97c86a13902d135f03cc42eb , < f82060da749c611ed427523b6d1605d87338aac1 (git)
Affected: 160416b397c362e37b590040a089604dd1f37de1 (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.1.1 , < 6.1.11 (semver)

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6GH5-4FVC-RW6C

CVE-2023-52938 (GCVE-0-2023-52938)

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