CVE-2023-53636

clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback

published October 7, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback

Similar to commit 1c11289b34ab ("peci: cpu: Fix use-after-free in

adev_release()"), the auxiliary device is not torn down in the correct

order. If auxiliary_device_add() fails, the release callback will be

called twice, resulting in a UAF. Due to timing, the auxdev code in this

driver "took inspiration" from the aforementioned commit, and thus its

bugs too!

Moving auxiliary_device_uninit() to the unregister callback instead

avoids the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00202 · 9.6th percentile
Published
2025-10-07T15:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 15:19Z
    clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback
    cvelistv5