{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "82432bbfb9e83b7e81d04660fe129b99a29b2ac2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "19951118fb22b5ad512379ee64510fe0e2c40eb3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9e31082f92c913d74fefb4e60cd0284e605ba3a3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "f2529d08fcb429ea01bb87c326342f41483f8b2f"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.18.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.33"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.0.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53028.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference\n\nThe variable tps-\u003epartner is checked for an error pointer and then if it\nis, it sends an error message but does not return and then immediately\ndereferenced a few lines below:\n\ntps-\u003epartner = typec_register_partner(tps-\u003eport, \u0026desc);\nif (IS_ERR(tps-\u003epartner))\n\tdev_warn(tps-\u003edev, \"%s: failed to register partnet\\n\", __func__);\n\nif (desc.identity) {\n\ttypec_partner_set_identity(tps-\u003epartner);\n\tcd321x-\u003ecur_partner_identity = st.partner_identity;\n}\n\nAdd early return and fix spelling mistake in error message.\n\nDetected by Smatch:\ndrivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:827 cd321x_update_work() error:\n'tps-\u003epartner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()",
  "id": "CVE-2026-53028",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:33.202650265Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T16:29:36.615Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19951118fb22b5ad512379ee64510fe0e2c40eb3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e31082f92c913d74fefb4e60cd0284e605ba3a3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2529d08fcb429ea01bb87c326342f41483f8b2f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53028.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53028"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference"
}