CVE-2023-53572
published 2025-10-04CVE-2023-53572: 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"…
PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.7th percentile
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.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm) | linux 6.1.52-1 (bookworm) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 < f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79 | f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79 |
| linux | linux | >= 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 < 08cc7cd2c2a29a2abf5bceb8f048c0734d3694ba | 08cc7cd2c2a29a2abf5bceb8f048c0734d3694ba |
| linux | linux | >= 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 < 3d90921f91fc6a8c801d527bb5848c99e335c1cf | 3d90921f91fc6a8c801d527bb5848c99e335c1cf |
| linux | linux | >= 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 < 0a719f0e4b6f233979e219baff73923e76a96e09 | 0a719f0e4b6f233979e219baff73923e76a96e09 |
| linux | linux | >= 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 < 632c60ecd25dbacee54d5581fe3aeb834b57010a | 632c60ecd25dbacee54d5581fe3aeb834b57010a |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.1.52-1 | 6.1.52-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.4.4-1 | 6.4.4-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.4.4-1 | 6.4.4-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11 < 5.15.121 | 5.15.121 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16 < 6.1.39 | 6.1.39 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2 < 6.3.13 | 6.3.13 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.4 < 6.4.4 | 6.4.4 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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OSV
CVE-2023-53572: 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 free
osv·2025-10-04·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2023-53572 [HIGH] CVE-2023-53572: 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 free
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.
GHSA
GHSA-3ffw-9f6g-j2rr: 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 fr
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-10-04
CVE-2023-53572 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-3ffw-9f6g-j2rr: 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 fr
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.
Red Hat
kernel: clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
vendor_redhat·2025-10-04·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2023-53572 [HIGH] CWE-825 kernel: clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
kernel: clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
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.
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's i.MX system control unit clock driver in the error cleanup path.
A local user can trigger this issue during clock initialization failure scenarios on i.MX hardware with System Control Unit firmware, where the cleanup loop incorrectly uses a standard list iterator instead of the safe variant while freeing clock structures. This causes the kernel to dereference freed memory when travers
Debian
CVE-2023-53572: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: s...
vendor_debian·2023·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2023-53572 [HIGH] CVE-2023-53572: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: s...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 6.1.52-1)
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.4.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.4.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.4.4-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08cc7cd2c2a29a2abf5bceb8f048c0734d3694bahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a719f0e4b6f233979e219baff73923e76a96e09https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90921f91fc6a8c801d527bb5848c99e335c1cfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632c60ecd25dbacee54d5581fe3aeb834b57010ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79
2025-10-04
Published