{"id":"CVE-2025-68172","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"crypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm\n\nThe clock obtained via devm_clk_get_enabled() is automatically managed\nby devres and will be disabled and freed on driver detach. Manually\ncalling clk_disable_unprepare() in error path and remove function\ncauses double free.\n\nRemove the manual clock cleanup in both aspeed_acry_probe()'s error\npath and aspeed_acry_remove().","publishedAt":"2025-12-16T13:42:52.141Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T21:48:03.150Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"2f1cf4e50c956f882c9fc209c7cded832b67b8a3","status":"affected","lessThan":"0dd6474ced33489076e6c0f3fe5077bf12e85b28","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2f1cf4e50c956f882c9fc209c7cded832b67b8a3","status":"affected","lessThan":"29d0504077044a7e1ffbd09a6118018d5954a6e5","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2f1cf4e50c956f882c9fc209c7cded832b67b8a3","status":"affected","lessThan":"e8407dfd267018f4647ffb061a9bd4a6d7ebacc6","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2f1cf4e50c956f882c9fc209c7cded832b67b8a3","status":"affected","lessThan":"3c9bf72cc1ced1297b235f9422d62b613a3fdae9","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-acry.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.3","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.117","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.58","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.17.8","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-acry.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd6474ced33489076e6c0f3fe5077bf12e85b28","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d0504077044a7e1ffbd09a6118018d5954a6e5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8407dfd267018f4647ffb061a9bd4a6d7ebacc6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c9bf72cc1ced1297b235f9422d62b613a3fdae9"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:56.034Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68172.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68172","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-12-16T13:42:52.141Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:48:03.150Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-12-16T13:41:40.251Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"crypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: aspeed - fix double free caused by devm\n\nThe clock obtained via devm_clk_get_enabled() is automatically managed\nby devres and will be disabled and freed on driver detach. 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