In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ina2xx: avoid NULL pointer dereference on OF device match The affected lines were resulting in a NULL pointer dereference on our platform because the device tree contained the following list of compatible strings: power-sensor@40 { compatible = "ti,ina232", "ti,ina231"; ... }; Since the driver doesn't declare a compatible string "ti,ina232", the OF matching succeeds on "ti,ina231". But the I2C device ID info is populated via the first compatible string, cf. modalias population in of_i2c_get_board_info(). Since there is no "ina232" entry in the legacy I2C device ID table either, the struct i2c_device_id *id pointer in the probe function is NULL. Fix this by using the already populated type variable instead, which points to the proper driver data. Since the name is also wanted, add a generic one to the ina2xx_config table.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13f3ce53b65aa8b44cad7039d31e62c9ffd6c5d1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b689cc27d489b75d33f1a368356d70eb0ce08c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a41e19cc0d6b6a445a4133170b90271e4a2553dc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e2ae6296d56478fb98ae7f739846ed121f154f cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120954-CVE-2023-53834-61cb@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53834 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53834 cve-icon
History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ina2xx: avoid NULL pointer dereference on OF device match The affected lines were resulting in a NULL pointer dereference on our platform because the device tree contained the following list of compatible strings: power-sensor@40 { compatible = "ti,ina232", "ti,ina231"; ... }; Since the driver doesn't declare a compatible string "ti,ina232", the OF matching succeeds on "ti,ina231". But the I2C device ID info is populated via the first compatible string, cf. modalias population in of_i2c_get_board_info(). Since there is no "ina232" entry in the legacy I2C device ID table either, the struct i2c_device_id *id pointer in the probe function is NULL. Fix this by using the already populated type variable instead, which points to the proper driver data. Since the name is also wanted, add a generic one to the ina2xx_config table.
Title iio: adc: ina2xx: avoid NULL pointer dereference on OF device match
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-09T01:29:49.742Z

Updated: 2025-12-09T01:29:49.742Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:27:17.825Z

Link: CVE-2023-53834

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:22.680

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2023-53834

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53834 - Bugzilla