# CVE-2025-68318: clk: thead: th1520-ap: set all AXI clocks to CLK\_IS\_CRITICAL

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.114, 6.17.8
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from ae81b69fd2b1eb4885b352749b1fd1172e2f0f18, fixed in d816c00bb69fb2eecd3fccac067857f3a0dbc44e; from ae81b69fd2b1eb4885b352749b1fd1172e2f0f18, fixed in bdec5e01fc2f3114d1fb1daeb1000911d783c4ae; from ae81b69fd2b1eb4885b352749b1fd1172e2f0f18, fixed in c567bc5fc68c4388c00e11fc65fd14fe86b52070
- Linux: 6.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.11.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.17.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: thead: th1520-ap: set all AXI clocks to CLK_IS_CRITICAL The AXI crossbar of TH1520 has no proper timeout handling, which means gating AXI clocks can easily lead to bus timeout and thus system hang. Set all AXI clock gates to CLK_IS_CRITICAL. All these clock gates are ungated by default on system reset. In addition, convert all current CLK_IGNORE_UNUSED usage to CLK_IS_CRITICAL to prevent unwanted clock gating.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.114, 6.17.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d816c00bb69fb2eecd3fccac067857f3a0dbc44e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdec5e01fc2f3114d1fb1daeb1000911d783c4ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c567bc5fc68c4388c00e11fc65fd14fe86b52070

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