CVE-2023-53797

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: Use ktime_t rather than int when dealing with timestamps Code which interacts with timestamps needs to use the ktime_t type returned by functions like ktime_get. The int type does not offer enough space to store these values, and attempting to use it is a recipe for problems. In this particular case, overflows would occur when calculating/storing timestamps leading to incorrect values being reported to userspace. In some cases these bad timestamps cause input handling in userspace to appear hung.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d89750b19681581796dfbe3689bbb5d439b99b24

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0198363f9108e4adb2511e607ba91e44779e8b1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdeaa883b765709f231f47f9d6cc76c837a15396

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a6c0e28e215535b2938c61ded54603b4e5814c5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99036f1aed7e82773904f5d91a9897bb3e507fd9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9598a647ecc8f300b0540abf9d3b3439859d163b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67ce7724637c6adb66f788677cb50b82615de0ac

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-09

Updated: 2025-12-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024