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CVE-2023-33288

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2.9. A use-after-free was found in bq24190_remove in drivers/power/supply/bq24190_charger.c. It could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race condition.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.2.9 — fixed in 6.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.9
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47c29d69212911f50bdcdd0564b5999a559010d4
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/47c29d69212911f50bdcdd0564b5999a559010d4
• https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whcaHLNpb7Mu_QX7ABwPgyRyfW-V8=v4Mv0S22fpjY4JQ%40mail.gmail.com/
• https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230309174728.233732-1-zyytlz.wz%40163.com/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.9
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47c29d69212911f50bdcdd0564b5999a559010d4
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/47c29d69212911f50bdcdd0564b5999a559010d4
• https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whcaHLNpb7Mu_QX7ABwPgyRyfW-V8=v4Mv0S22fpjY4JQ%40mail.gmail.com/
• https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230309174728.233732-1-zyytlz.wz%40163.com/

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