CVE-2023-53636

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
07/10/2025
Last modified:
08/10/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback<br /> <br /> Similar to commit 1c11289b34ab ("peci: cpu: Fix use-after-free in<br /> adev_release()"), the auxiliary device is not torn down in the correct<br /> order. If auxiliary_device_add() fails, the release callback will be<br /> called twice, resulting in a UAF. Due to timing, the auxdev code in this<br /> driver "took inspiration" from the aforementioned commit, and thus its<br /> bugs too!<br /> <br /> Moving auxiliary_device_uninit() to the unregister callback instead<br /> avoids the issue.

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