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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-09-15 | Published 2025-09-15 | Updated 2025-09-15 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f (git) before b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76
affected

09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f (git) before 197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50
affected

Default status
affected

6.5
affected

Any version before 6.5
unaffected

6.5.3 (semver)
unaffected

6.6 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76

git.kernel.org/...c/197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50

cve.org (CVE-2023-53253)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-53253)

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