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    "id": "CVE-2026-53028",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53028",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T16:29:36.615Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-24T16:29:36.615Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "usb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: Fix error pointer dereference\n\nThe variable tps->partner 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->partner = typec_register_partner(tps->port, &desc);\nif (IS_ERR(tps->partner))\n\tdev_warn(tps->dev, \"%s: failed to register partnet\\n\", __func__);\n\nif (desc.identity) {\n\ttypec_partner_set_identity(tps->partner);\n\tcd321x->cur_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->partner' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()",
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              "version": "7.1",
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