CVE-2023-53166

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So there is a window\nwhere bq25890_charger_external_power_changed() may get called while\nbq->charger has not been set yet leading to a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nThis race hits during boot sometimes on a Lenovo Yoga Book 1 yb1-x90f\nwhen the cht_wcove_pwrsrc (extcon) power_supply is done with detecting\nthe connected charger-type which happens to exactly hit the small window:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018\n <snip>\n RIP: 0010:__power_supply_is_supplied_by+0xb/0xb0\n <snip>\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n __power_supply_get_supplier_property+0x19/0x50\n class_for_each_device+0xb1/0xe0\n power_supply_get_property_from_supplier+0x2e/0x50\n bq25890_charger_external_power_changed+0x38/0x1b0 [bq25890_charger]\n __power_supply_changed_work+0x30/0x40\n class_for_each_device+0xb1/0xe0\n power_supply_changed_work+0x5f/0xe0\n <snip>\n\nFixing this is easy. The external_power_changed callback gets passed\nthe power_supply which will eventually get stored in bq->charger,\nso bq25890_charger_external_power_changed() can simply directly use\nthe passed in psy argument which is always valid."}], "id": "CVE-2023-53166", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:44:25.533", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 4.7, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.0, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-09-15T14:15:38.343", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029a443b9b6424170f00f6dd5b7682e682cce92e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c28207c19c2c46fab8ae994aff25e197fb2949"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d20fa1982c35697f3f8c4ae0f12791691ae5958"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-362"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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