CVE-2023-53253

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: nvidia-shield: Reference hid_device devm allocation of input_dev name Use hid_device for devm allocation of the input_dev name to avoid a use-after-free. input_unregister_device would trigger devres cleanup of all resources associated with the input_dev, free-ing the name. The name would subsequently be used in a uevent fired at the end of unregistering the input_dev.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-15

Updated: 2025-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018