{"id":"CVE-2023-53544","summary":"cpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: davinci: Fix clk use after free\n\nThe remove function first frees the clks and only then calls\ncpufreq_unregister_driver(). If one of the cpufreq callbacks is called\njust before cpufreq_unregister_driver() is run, the freed clks might be\nused.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:34.148851413Z","published":"2025-10-04T15:16:52.791Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53544.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53544.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53544"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"6601b8030de3e9c29930684eeac15302a59f991a"},{"fixed":"66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310"},{"fixed":"a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb"},{"fixed":"ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f"},{"fixed":"5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53544.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.6.33"},{"fixed":"4.14.308"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.15.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53544.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}