CVE-2023-53253CWE-416

CVE-2023-53253

High · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00194 · 8.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-09-15T19:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.5, < 6.5.36.5.3
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:46Z
    HID: nvidia-shield: Reference hid_device devm allocation of input_dev name
    cvelistv5