CVE-2025-68172: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm The clock obtained via devm_clk_get_enabled() is automatically managed by devres and will be disabled and freed on driver detach. Manually calling clk_disable_unprepare() in error path and remove function causes double free. Remove the manual clock cleanup in both aspeed_acry_probe()'s error path and aspeed_acry_remove().

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.3, before 6.6.117 (fixed in 6.6.117); from 6.7, before 6.12.58 (fixed in 6.12.58); from 6.13, before 6.17.8 (fixed in 6.17.8)

Published 2025-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.