CVE-2023-53573

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: rs9: Fix suspend/resume Disabling the cache in commit 2ff4ba9e3702 ("clk: rs9: Fix I2C accessors") without removing cache synchronization in resume path results in a kernel panic as map->cache_ops is unset, due to REGCACHE_NONE. Enable flat cache again to support resume again. num_reg_defaults_raw is necessary to read the cache defaults from hardware. Some registers are strapped in hardware and cannot be provided in software.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 4, 2025
First seenOct 4, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.1, 6.1.25, 6.2.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.0.8 ≤ v < 6.1, 6.1.1 ≤ v < 6.1.25, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.12, 6.1, 6.36.1, 6.1.25, 6.2.12

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