CVE-2023-53253
HIGHLinux Kernel 6.5-6.5.2 - Use-After-Free in HID NVIDIA Shield Input Device Name Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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 (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
3.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (7)
Linux/Linux
< 6.5
Linux/Linux
09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - 197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50
Linux/Linux
09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76
Linux/Linux
6.5
Linux/Linux
6.5.3 - 6.5.*
Linux/Linux
6.6
linux/linux_kernel
6.5 - 6.5.3
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026