CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-53028
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference
The variable tps->partner is checked for an error pointer and then if it
is, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately
dereferenced a few lines below:
tps->partner = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc);
if (IS_ERR(tps->partner))
dev_warn(tps->dev, "%s: failed to register partnet\n", __func__);
if (desc.identity) {
typec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner);
cd321x->cur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity;
}
Add early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.
Detected by Smatch:
drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error:
'tps->partner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.18 < 6.18.33)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness