CVE-2024-53223

CVE-2024-53223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel with a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low.

Key facts

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: ralink: mtmips: fix clocks probe order in oldest ralink SoCs Base clocks are the first in being probed and are real dependencies of the rest of fixed, factor and peripheral clocks. For old ralink SoCs RT2880, RT305x and RT3883 'xtal' must be defined first since in any other case, when fixed clocks are probed they are delayed until 'xtal' is probed so the following warning appears: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mtmips.c:499 rt3883_bus_recalc_rate+0x98/0x138 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.6.43 #0 Stack : 805e58d0 00000000 00000004 8004f950 00000000 00000004 00000000 00000000 80669c54 80830000 80700000 805ae570 80670068 00000001 80669bf8 00000000 00000000 00000000 805ae570 80669b38 00000020 804db7dc 00000000 00000000 203a6d6d 80669b78 80669e48 70617773 00000000 805ae570 00000000 00000009 00000000 00000001 00000004 00000001 00000000 00000000 83fe43b0 00000000 ... Call Trace: [<800065d0>] show_stack+0x64/0xf4 [<804bca14>] dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x60 [<800218ac>] __warn+0x94/0xe4 [<8002195c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x60/0x94 [<80259ff8>] rt3883_bus_recalc_rate+0x98/0x138 [<80254530>] __clk_register+0x568/0x688 [<80254838>] of_clk_hw_register+0x18/0x2c [<8070b910>] rt2880_clk_of_clk_init_driver+0x18c/0x594 [<8070b628>] of_clk_init+0x1c0/0x23c [<806fc448>] plat_time_init+0x58/0x18c [<806fdaf0>] time_init+0x10/0x6c [<806f9bc4>] start_kernel+0x458/0x67c ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- When this driver was mainlined we could not find any active users of old ralink SoCs so we cannot perform any real tests for them. Now, one user of a Belkin f9k1109 version 1 device which uses RT3883 SoC appeared and reported some issues in openWRT: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/16054 Thus, define a 'rt2880_xtal_recalc_rate()' just returning the expected frequency 40Mhz and use it along the old ralink SoCs to have a correct boot trace with no warnings and a working clock plan from the beggining.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53223?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: ralink: mtmips: fix clocks probe order in oldest ralink SoCs Base clocks are the first in being probed and are real dependencies of the rest of fixed, factor and peripheral clocks. For old ralink SoCs RT2880, RT305x and RT3883 'xtal' must be defined first since in any other case, when fixed clocks are probed they are delayed until 'xtal' is probed so the following warning appears: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/clk/ralink/clk-mtmips.c:499 rt3883_bus_recalc_rate+0x98/0x138 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.6.43 #0 Stack : 805e58d0 00000000 00000004 8004f950 00000000 00000004 00000000 00000000 80669c54 80830000 80700000 805ae570 80670068 00000001 80669bf8 00000000 00000000 00000000 805ae570 80669b38 00000020 804db7dc 00000000 00000000 203a6d6d 80669b78 80669e48 70617773 00000000 805ae570 00000000 00000009 00000000 00000001 00000004 00000001 00000000 00000000 83fe43b0 00000000 ... Call Trace: [<800065d0>] show_stack+0x64/0xf4 [<804bca14>] dump_stack_lvl+0x38/0x60 [<800218ac>] __warn+0x94/0xe4 [<8002195c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x60/0x94 [<80259ff8>] rt3883_bus_recalc_rate+0x98/0x138 [<80254530>] __clk_register+0x568/0x688 [<80254838>] of_clk_hw_register+0x18/0x2c [<8070b910>] rt2880_clk_of_clk_init_driver+0x18c/0x594 [<8070b628>] of_clk_init+0x1c0/0x23c [<806fc448>] plat_time_init+0x58/0x18c [<806fdaf0>] time_init+0x10/0x6c [<806f9bc4>] start_kernel+0x458/0x67c ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- When this driver was mainlined we could not find any active users of old ralink SoCs so we cannot perform any real tests for them. Now, one user of a Belkin f9k1109 version 1 device which uses RT3883 SoC appeared and reported some issues in openWRT: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/16054 Thus, define a 'rt2880_xtal_recalc_rate()' just returning the expected frequency 40Mhz and use it along the old ralink SoCs to have a correct boot trace with no warnings and a working clock plan from the beggining.
How severe is CVE-2024-53223?
CVE-2024-53223 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.5, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over local access with low attack complexity, requires low privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is none, integrity none, and availability high.
Is CVE-2024-53223 being actively exploited?
It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (11th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What products are affected by CVE-2024-53223?
CVE-2024-53223 affects Linux Linux Kernel. See the affected-products list for the exact vulnerable versions.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53223?
Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.
Does CVE-2024-53223 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?
Yes. CVE-2024-53223 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2024-51895.
When was CVE-2024-53223 published?
CVE-2024-53223 was published on 2024-12-27 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

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