CVE-2023-53253
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53253
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53253.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-53253
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-09-15T14:46:23.661Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-02T09:43:52.575132Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- HID: nvidia-shield: Reference hid_device devm allocation of input_dev name
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: nvidia-shield: Reference hiddevice devm allocation of inputdev name
Use hiddevice for devm allocation of the inputdev name to avoid a use-after-free. inputunregisterdevice would trigger devres cleanup of all resources associated with the inputdev, free-ing the name. The name would subsequently be used in a uevent fired at the end of unregistering the inputdev.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53253.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53253.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53253
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git