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CVE-2026-53028

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-06-24 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference The variable tps->partner is checked for an error pointer and then if it is, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately dereferenced a few lines below: tps->partner = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc); if (IS_ERR(tps->partner)) dev_warn(tps->dev, "%s: failed to register partnet\n", __func__); if (desc.identity) { typec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner); cd321x->cur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity; } Add early return and fix spelling mistake in error message. Detected by Smatch: drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error: 'tps->partner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (5)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 82432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 < 19951118fb22b5ad512379ee64510fe0e2c40eb3
Linux Linux 82432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 < 9e31082f92c913d74fefb4e60cd0284e605ba3a3
Linux Linux 82432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 < f2529d08fcb429ea01bb87c326342f41483f8b2f
Linux Linux 6.18
linux linux_kernel 6.18 – 6.18.33

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.16%
Raw Score 0.001600
Percentile 5.2%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00160
2026-11-12
0.00160
2026-11-10
0.00160
2026-11-09
0.00160
2026-11-08
0.00160
2026-11-07
0.00160
2026-11-06
0.00160

Intelligence Sources

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