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GHSA-P889-Q6FQ-6RM4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 03:31 – Updated: 2025-12-09 03:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

clk: clocking-wizard: Fix Oops in clk_wzrd_register_divider()

Smatch detected this potential error pointer dereference clk_wzrd_register_divider(). If devm_clk_hw_register() fails then it sets "hw" to an error pointer and then dereferences it on the next line. Return the error directly instead.

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CVE-2023-53807 (GCVE-0-2023-53807)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 00:01 – Updated: 2025-12-09 00:01

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: clocking-wizard: Fix Oops in clk_wzrd_register_divider() Smatch detected this potential error pointer dereference clk_wzrd_register_divider(). If devm_clk_hw_register() fails then it sets "hw" to an error pointer and then dereferences it on the next line. Return the error directly instead.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f276dd9c0f835242…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b35cb0c05b8dafe23…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25dbdfb7b71ef8601…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f078a65ebf930f430…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c632a6396505a019…

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Product

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Linux

Affected: 5a853722eb32188647a541802d51d0db423b9baf , < 2f276dd9c0f835242836d9f6823035158ce2585c (git)
Affected: 5a853722eb32188647a541802d51d0db423b9baf , < b35cb0c05b8dafe23ae5e8b605a91b88bcf4aba7 (git)
Affected: 5a853722eb32188647a541802d51d0db423b9baf , < 25dbdfb7b71ef8601d00c6d9a2b1a96de28b30c5 (git)
Affected: 5a853722eb32188647a541802d51d0db423b9baf , < f078a65ebf930f4305e3c415a8338d22391642c9 (git)
Affected: 5a853722eb32188647a541802d51d0db423b9baf , < 9c632a6396505a019ea6d12b5ab45e659a542a93 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.121 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.39 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3.13 , ≤ 6.3.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.4.4 , ≤ 6.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-P889-Q6FQ-6RM4

CVE-2023-53807 (GCVE-0-2023-53807)

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