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

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-16 · updated 2026-10-14

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().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 6.3 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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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