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Linux Linux — clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0013 3.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 – —
Linux 5.11 – 5.15.121
TIMELINE
Oct 4 Reserved by Linux
Oct 4 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-53572 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: imx: scu: use _safe list iterator to avoid a use after free
This loop is freeing "clk" so it needs to use list_for_each_entry_safe().
Otherwise it dereferences a freed variable to get the next item on the
loop.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| October 4, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 4, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-53572 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 77d8f3068c63ee0983f0b5ba3207d3f7cce11be4 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.11 | 5.15.121 |
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