# CVE-2023-53787: regulator: da9063: fix null pointer deref with partial DT config

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: da9063: fix null pointer deref with partial DT config When some of the da9063 regulators do not have corresponding DT nodes a null pointer dereference occurs on boot because such regulators have no init_data causing the pointers calculated in da9063_check_xvp_constraints() to be invalid. Do not dereference them in this case.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04a025b17d83d07924e5e32508c72536ab8f42d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2dd5f7a8be5cb2501a897e96910393a49f0ff

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