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CVE-2023-53572
clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
High7.0EPSS 0.14%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free This loop is freeing "clk" so it needs to use list_for_each_entry_safe(). Otherwise it dereferences a freed variable to get the next item on the loop.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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)
- 0.14% · top 96% 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 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – < f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79
- affected 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – < 08cc7cd2c2a29a2abf5bceb8f048c0734d3694ba
- affected 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – < 3d90921f91fc6a8c801d527bb5848c99e335c1cf
- affected 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – < 0a719f0e4b6f233979e219baff73923e76a96e09
- affected 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – < 632c60ecd25dbacee54d5581fe3aeb834b57010a
- affected 5.11
- unaffected < 5.11
- unaffected 5.15.121 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.39 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.3.13 – ≤ 6.3.*
- unaffected 6.4.4 – ≤ 6.4.*
- unaffected 6.5 – ≤ *
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08cc7cd2c2a29a2abf5bceb8f048c0734d3694ba (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90921f91fc6a8c801d527bb5848c99e335c1cf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a719f0e4b6f233979e219baff73923e76a96e09 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632c60ecd25dbacee54d5581fe3aeb834b57010a (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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