# CVE-2026-53305: usb: typec: ps883x: Fix Oops at unbind

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel ps883x driver causes a system crash when unbinding the device, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-53305, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53305, GHSA-w4pj-2vvj-f3vp, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53305

## What is CVE-2026-53305?

CVE-2026-53305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: typec: ps883x: Fix Oops at unbind

When trying to unbind a device in order to bind to it vfio-platform as:

  echo bc0000.geniqup  > /sys/bus/platform/devices/bc0000.geniqup/driver/unbind

I get the following Oops:

[  436.478639] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
[  436.487762] Mem abort info:
[  436.490716]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[  436.494595]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[  436.500071]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[  436.503250]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[  436.506505]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[  436.511533] Data abort info:
[  436.514558]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[  436.520215]   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[  436.525436]   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[  436.530918] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008861a9000
[  436.537554] [0000000000000020] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[  436.544548] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP
[  436.550374] Modules linked in:
[  436.553542] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 671 Comm: bash Tainted: G        W           7.0.0-rc3-g56fcdd0911a5-dirty #2 PREEMPT
[  436.564440] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[  436.567515] Hardware name: LENOVO 91B6CTO1WW/3796, BIOS O6NKT3BA 05/02/2025
[  436.574675] pstate: 21400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[  436.581841] pc : ps883x_retimer_remove+0x14/0x94
[  436.586605] lr : i2c_device_remove+0x28/0x84
[  436.591017] sp : ffff8000847137c0

That's because the ps883x_retimer_remove() retrieves the driver data
from i2c_get_clientdata() which was never set at probe. So, add
i2c_set_clientdata() at the end of the probe.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53305?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-53305?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-53305 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-53305 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-53305 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53305 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53305/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53305/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53305
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53305
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53305

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