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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-53636

CVE-2023-53636

Description

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.

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  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.1,<6.1.28
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.1
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.28

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