CVE-2023-53544
kernel: cpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 4, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free
The remove function first frees the clks and only then calls cpufreq_unregister_driver(). If one of the cpufreq callbacks is called just before cpufreq_unregister_driver() is run, the freed clks might be used.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference