Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2023-53834iio: adc: ina2xx: avoid NULL pointer dereference on OF device match
Unrated
In plain English
A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.52-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.4.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.4.11-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-91.101 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1051.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1053.61 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1053.61.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1048.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1048.53 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1034.40 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1044.47 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1046.52 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1048.53 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-91.101 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1042.42 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 5.15.0-1020.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | 5.15.0-1007.7 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1049.55 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1044.47 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 5.15.0-1027.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53834 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | c43a102e67db99c8bfe6e8a9280cec13ff53b789 – before a8e2ae6296d56478fb98ae7f739846ed121f154fc43a102e67db99c8bfe6e8a9280cec13ff53b789 – before 77b689cc27d489b75d33f1a368356d70eb0ce08cc43a102e67db99c8bfe6e8a9280cec13ff53b789 – before 13f3ce53b65aa8b44cad7039d31e62c9ffd6c5d1c43a102e67db99c8bfe6e8a9280cec13ff53b789 – before a41e19cc0d6b6a445a4133170b90271e4a2553dc |
| Linux | Linux | 4.5 |