CVE-2023-53454

HIGH

Linux kernel 3.12-4.14.325 - Use-After-Free in HID Multitouch Input Device Name Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: multitouch: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name Reference the HID device rather than the input device for the devm allocation of the input_dev name. Referencing the input_dev would lead to a use-after-free when the input_dev was unregistered and subsequently fires a uevent that depends on the name. At the point of firing the uevent, the name would be freed by devres management. Use devm_kasprintf to simplify the logic for allocating memory and formatting the input_dev name string.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (21)
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 3.12
Linux/Linux 4.14.326 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.295 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.195 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.132 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.257 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.53 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.16 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5.3 - 6.5.*
... and 11 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026