fkie_cve-2023-53544
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-10-04 16:15
Modified
2025-10-06 14:56
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free The remove function first frees the clks and only then calls cpufreq_unregister_driver(). If one of the cpufreq callbacks is called just before cpufreq_unregister_driver() is run, the freed clks might be used.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f
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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free\n\nThe remove function first frees the clks and only then calls\ncpufreq_unregister_driver(). If one of the cpufreq callbacks is called\njust before cpufreq_unregister_driver() is run, the freed clks might be\nused."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53544",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-06T14:56:21.733",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-10-04T16:15:49.527",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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