CVE-2023-53310

MEDIUM EPSS 1.2%
Published Sep 16, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
4.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 16, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Fix external_power_changed race fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() dereferences info->bat, which gets sets in axp288_fuel_gauge_probe() like this: info->bat = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &fuel_gauge_desc, &psy_cfg); As soon as devm_power_supply_register() has called device_add() the external_power_changed callback can get called. So there is a window where fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() may get called while info->bat has not been set yet leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Fixing this is easy. The external_power_changed callback gets passed the power_supply which will eventually get stored in info->bat, so fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() can simply directly use the passed in psy argument which is always valid.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-362

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.18  –  <6.1.31
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.3.5
linuxlinux_kernel6.4any
linuxlinux_kernel6.4any
linuxlinux_kernel6.4any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0456b912121e45b3ef54abe3135e5dcb541f956c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a636c6ba9ce898207f283271cb28511206ab739b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8319774d6f1567d6e7d03653174ab0c82c5c66d
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0456b912121e45b3ef54abe3135e5dcb541f956c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a636c6ba9ce898207f283271cb28511206ab739b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8319774d6f1567d6e7d03653174ab0c82c5c66d
    Patch