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CVE-2025-68172
crypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm
Description

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().

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 16, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 16, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
Solution
Remove manual clock cleanup to prevent double free memory corruption.
  • Remove manual clock cleanup in error path.
  • Remove manual clock cleanup in remove function.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd6474ced33489076e6c0f3fe5077bf12e85b28
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d0504077044a7e1ffbd09a6118018d5954a6e5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9bf72cc1ced1297b235f9422d62b613a3fdae9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8407dfd267018f4647ffb061a9bd4a6d7ebacc6
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Dec. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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().
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd6474ced33489076e6c0f3fe5077bf12e85b28
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d0504077044a7e1ffbd09a6118018d5954a6e5
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9bf72cc1ced1297b235f9422d62b613a3fdae9
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8407dfd267018f4647ffb061a9bd4a6d7ebacc6
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