CVE-2023-53459
HIGHLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in HID mcp-2221 Delayed Work
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
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