🛡️ CVE-2023-53573 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-53573 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.1.25-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53573 is recorded against 1 package.

linux (fixed in 6.1.25-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 October 2025 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-53573 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft Base record Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2025-10-04

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-07

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.1.25-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53573

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