Bug 2355518 (CVE-2023-52938)

Summary: CVE-2023-52938 kernel: usb: typec: ucsi: Don't attempt to resume the ports before they exist
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-27 17:05:15 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: typec: ucsi: Don't attempt to resume the ports before they exist

This will fix null pointer dereference that was caused by
the driver attempting to resume ports that were not yet
registered.
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2025-03-27 19:59:52 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032721-CVE-2023-52938-ee34@gregkh/T
Comment 5 Avinash Hanwate 2025-03-28 04:27:04 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032721-CVE-2023-52938-ee34@gregkh/T