5.5

CVE-2023-53206: hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53206DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53206
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53206 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10
SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1SUSE-SU-2025:20851-1SUSE-SU-2025:20861-1SUSE-SU-2025:20870-1SUSE-SU-2025:20898-1

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu84 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6, < 7444253cacd92412bc8d33d1c9b5401f52cdf0e2 | ≥ df5f6b6af01ca326dd4babb287c9580fed0ad3d6, < 0bd66784274a287beada2933c2c0fa3a0ddae0d7 | 6.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.4, < 6.4.8 | 6.5:rc1 | 6.5:rc2 | 6.5:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.4.11-1

3 vendors · 87 products

References

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