CVE-2023-53572: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.11, before 5.15.121 (fixed in 5.15.121); from 5.16, before 6.1.39 (fixed in 6.1.39); from 6.2, before 6.3.13 (fixed in 6.3.13); from 6.4, before 6.4.4 (fixed in 6.4.4)

Published 2025-10-04. Last modified 2026-08-04.