CVE-2023-53807 json
clk: clocking-wizard: Fix Oops in clk_wzrd_register_divider()
published 2025-12-09 11 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-60099
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.121, 6.1.39, 6.3.13, 6.4.4, 6.5
- linux Debian 12 6.1.52-1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.4.4-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53807
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-86.96
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1047.52
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.52
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1040.43
- linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1044.49
- linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1049.56
- linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.35
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53807
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-40.1
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1.21.16
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f276dd9c0f835242836d9f6823035158ce2585c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b35cb0c05b8dafe23ae5e8b605a91b88bcf4aba7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/25dbdfb7b71ef8601d00c6d9a2b1a96de28b30c5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f078a65ebf930f4305e3c415a8338d22391642c9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c632a6396505a019ea6d12b5ab45e659a542a93 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2023-53807 updated
kernel: clk: clocking-wizard: Fix Oops in clk_wzrd_register_divider()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2f276dd9c0f835242836d9f6823035158ce2585c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b35cb0c05b8dafe23ae5e8b605a91b88bcf4aba7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/25dbdfb7b71ef8601d00c6d9a2b1a96de28b30c5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f078a65ebf930f4305e3c415a8338d22391642c9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9c632a6396505a019ea6d12b5ab45e659a542a93
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-53807
- NVD CVE-2023-53807
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