What is CVE-2023-53834?

CVE-2023-53834 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.5 onward and patched in 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11 and others. CVE-2023-53834 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53834?

CVE-2023-53834 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53834?

Yes, CVE-2023-53834 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53834 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53834 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-53834

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-09

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11, 6.5 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.5

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.127 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.46 6.1.x ✓ 6.4.11 6.4.x ✓ 6.5

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53834 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13f3ce53b65aa8b44cad7039d31e62c9ffd6c5d1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b689cc27d489b75d33f1a368356d70eb0ce08c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a41e19cc0d6b6a445a4133170b90271e4a2553dc
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53834?

CVE-2023-53834 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.5 onward and has been patched in 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11 and others. CVE-2023-53834 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53834?

Yes — CVE-2023-53834 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53834 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53834 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.