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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53225.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nspi: imx: Don't skip cleanup in remove's error path\n\nReturning early in a platform driver's remove callback is wrong. In this\ncase the dma resources are not released in the error path. this is never\nretried later and so this is a permanent leak. To fix this, only skip\nhardware disabling if waking the device fails.",
  "id": "CVE-2023-53225",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:18.445754445Z",
  "published": "2025-09-15T14:21:54.138Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11951c9e3f364d7ae3b568a0e52c8335d43066b5"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a463226638f1ceabbb029cbd21b0c94640f1b5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d16305a1535873e0a8a8ae92ea2d9106ec2d7df"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa93a46f998a9069368026ac52bba96868c59157"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64cb3f085fed296103c91f0db6acad30a021b36"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90822ad63d11301e425311dac0c8e12ca1737b8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53225.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53225"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "spi: imx: Don't skip cleanup in remove's error path"
}