Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025
HID: multitouch: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name
CVE-2023-53454
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ec7cb55e7d88755aa01d44a7a1015a42bfce86mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d7833db9fd118415dace2ca157bfa603dec9c8cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2763732ec1e68910719c75b6b896e11b6d3d622bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c70c19456e50dcb3abfe53539220dff0490f1dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0d389402a6ff9ad92cea02c2d8c711483b91abmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70ac7849248ec8128fa12f86e3655ba38838f29mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dde88ab4e45beb60b217026207aa9c14c88d71abmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/df7ca43fe090e1a56c216c8ebc106ef5fd49afc6mitre
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