CVE-2023-53206

medium

Description

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-15

Updated: 2025-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018