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Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-53028usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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()

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-28.28UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1003.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-28.28.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-28.28.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-28.28.1~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-53028

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 82432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 – before 19951118fb22b5ad512379ee64510fe0e2c40eb382432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 – before 9e31082f92c913d74fefb4e60cd0284e605ba3a382432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2 – before f2529d08fcb429ea01bb87c326342f41483f8b2f
Linux Linux 6.18

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