{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-53310", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-16T16:08:59.562Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-16T16:11:48.399Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-16T16:11:48.399Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-16T16:11:48.399Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Fix external_power_changed race\n\nfuel_gauge_external_power_changed() dereferences info->bat,\nwhich gets sets in axp288_fuel_gauge_probe() like this:\n\n info->bat = devm_power_supply_register(dev, &fuel_gauge_desc, &psy_cfg);\n\nAs soon as devm_power_supply_register() has called device_add()\nthe external_power_changed callback can get called. So there is a window\nwhere fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() may get called while\ninfo->bat has not been set yet leading to a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nFixing this is easy. The external_power_changed callback gets passed\nthe power_supply which will eventually get stored in info->bat,\nso fuel_gauge_external_power_changed() can simply directly use\nthe passed in psy argument which is always valid."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c"], "versions": [{"version": "30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e", "lessThan": "0456b912121e45b3ef54abe3135e5dcb541f956c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e", "lessThan": "a636c6ba9ce898207f283271cb28511206ab739b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "30abb3d07929137bf72327560e1595508a692c4e", "lessThan": "f8319774d6f1567d6e7d03653174ab0c82c5c66d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.18", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.31", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.3.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.31"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0456b912121e45b3ef54abe3135e5dcb541f956c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a636c6ba9ce898207f283271cb28511206ab739b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8319774d6f1567d6e7d03653174ab0c82c5c66d"}], "title": "power: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Fix external_power_changed race", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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