{"id":"CVE-2023-53544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-53544","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:57:57.553Z","title":"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().","description":"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.","published":"2025-10-04T16:15:50.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:45:34.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05439,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f384a9b4fc50f6a18405f1c08e5a87a77b5b3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b3bbe6fbd8dd410868e5b53ac3944a934b9310","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f024d0e6f91e05c816ad4ee8837173369dd5cb","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab05ae4ab831f64bbc427592c86f599ed9c4324f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53544","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}