# CVE-2023-53264: clk: imx: clk-imxrt1050: fix memory leak in imxrt1050\_clocks\_probe

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: clk-imxrt1050: fix memory leak in imxrt1050_clocks_probe Use devm_of_iomap() instead of of_iomap() to automatically handle the unused ioremap region. If any error occurs, regions allocated by kzalloc() will leak, but using devm_kzalloc() instead will automatically free the memory using devm_kfree(). Also, fix error handling of hws by adding unregister_hws label, which unregisters remaining hws when iomap failed.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1839032251a66f2ae5a043c495532830a55d28c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbdfd2542252e4c02e8158a06b7c0c9cfd40f99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e54db221bb001b32f839e0149ee8d890ab9aa1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b280598ab3bd8a2dc8b96a12530d5b1ee7a8f4a

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