CVE-2025-38583

clk: xilinx: vcu: unregister pll_post only if registered correctly

published August 19, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

clk: xilinx: vcu: unregister pll_post only if registered correctly

If registration of pll_post is failed, it will be set to NULL or ERR,

unregistering same will fail with following call trace:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 008

pc : clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20

lr : clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30

sp : ffff800011923850

...

Call trace:

clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20

clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30

xvcu_unregister_clock_provider+0xcc/0xf4 [xlnx_vcu]

xvcu_probe+0x2bc/0x53c [xlnx_vcu]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00166 · 5.6th percentile
Published
2025-08-19T17:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 17:03Z
    clk: xilinx: vcu: unregister pll_post only if registered correctly
    cvelistv5