Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025
hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference
CVE-2023-53206
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.4
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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