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CVE-2023-53544
cpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free
High7.8EPSS 0.16%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 6601b8030de3e9c29930684eeac15302a59f991a – < 66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310
- affected 6601b8030de3e9c29930684eeac15302a59f991a – < a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb
- affected 6601b8030de3e9c29930684eeac15302a59f991a – < ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f
- affected 6601b8030de3e9c29930684eeac15302a59f991a – < 5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3
- affected 2.6.33
- unaffected < 2.6.33
- unaffected 4.14.308 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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