CVE-2023-53206

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (5.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2025-09-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bd66784274a287beada2933c2c0fa3a0ddae0d7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7444253cacd92412bc8d33d1c9b5401f52cdf0e2

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