CVE-2023-53636 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-53636

clk: microchip: fix potential UAF in auxdev release callback

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
b56bae2dd6fda6baf3bb74af3812676eebdd52f2, 6.1, 0, 6.1.28, 6.2.15, 6.3.2, 6.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 7th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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