Security Advisory
CVE-2023-53807
N/A
UNKNOWN
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
December 9, 2025
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory