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CVE-2023-53253

Published: Sep 15, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - < b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76
affected
09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f - < 197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50

Linux

Linux

affected
6.5
unaffected
0 - < 6.5
unaffected
6.5.3 - <= 6.5.*
unaffected
6.6 - <= *

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