CVE-2023-53572 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 — f95ff838ac39f861d1f95a0f3bbb1e01c2517d79+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
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↗2025-10-04
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↗2025-10-04