CVE-2023-53459

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in HID mcp-2221 Delayed Work

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: mcp-2221: prevent UAF in delayed work If the device is plugged/unplugged without giving time for mcp_init_work() to complete, we might kick in the devm free code path and thus have unavailable struct mcp_2221 while in delayed work. Canceling the delayed_work item is enough to solve the issue, because cancel_delayed_work_sync will prevent the work item to requeue itself.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.9%
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 (8)
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.1linux
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.2.1 - 6.2.*
Linux/Linux 6.3
Linux/Linux 960f9df7c620ecb6030aff1d9a6c3d67598b8290 - 47e91fdfa511139f2549687edb0d8649b123227b
Linux/Linux 960f9df7c620ecb6030aff1d9a6c3d67598b8290 - 5dc297652dbc557eba7ca7d6a4c5f1940dffffb1
linux/linux_kernel 6.2
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026