# CVE-2023-53551: usb: gadget: u\_serial: Add null pointer check in gserial\_resume

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: u_serial: Add null pointer check in gserial_resume Consider a case where gserial_disconnect has already cleared gser->ioport. And if a wakeup interrupt triggers afterwards, gserial_resume gets called, which will lead to accessing of gser->ioport and thus causing null pointer dereference.Add a null pointer check to prevent this. Added a static spinlock to prevent gser->ioport from becoming null after the newly added check.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5360eec648bd506afa304ae4a71f82e13d41897
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b24c980dc07be4550a9d1450ed7057f882530e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec357cd3e8af614855d286dd378725cdc7264df6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e004f757a7ae13dfebaadbcfdb1a6f98c10377
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ec63fdbca604568890c577753c6f66c5b3ef0b5

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