High 8.8Published Oct 1, 2025

CVE-2023-53454HID: multitouch: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 7:30 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before ac0d389402a6ff9ad92cea02c2d8c711483b91ab; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before 39c70c19456e50dcb3abfe53539220dff0490f1d; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before df7ca43fe090e1a56c216c8ebc106ef5fd49afc6; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before 15ec7cb55e7d88755aa01d44a7a1015a42bfce86; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before dde88ab4e45beb60b217026207aa9c14c88d71ab; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before 2763732ec1e68910719c75b6b896e11b6d3d622b; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before 1d7833db9fd118415dace2ca157bfa603dec9c8c; from c08d46aa805ba46d501f610c2448d07bea979780 before b70ac7849248ec8128fa12f86e3655ba38838f29; and 1 more ranges	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.12 before 4.14.326; from 4.15 before 4.19.295; from 4.20 before 5.4.257; from 5.5 before 5.10.195; from 5.11 before 5.15.132; from 5.16 before 6.1.53; from 6.2 before 6.4.16; from 6.5 before 6.5.3	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0d389402a6ff9ad92cea02c2d8c711483b91ab	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c70c19456e50dcb3abfe53539220dff0490f1d	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df7ca43fe090e1a56c216c8ebc106ef5fd49afc6	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ec7cb55e7d88755aa01d44a7a1015a42bfce86	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dde88ab4e45beb60b217026207aa9c14c88d71ab	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2763732ec1e68910719c75b6b896e11b6d3d622b	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d7833db9fd118415dace2ca157bfa603dec9c8c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70ac7849248ec8128fa12f86e3655ba38838f29	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4794394635293a3e74591351fff469cea7ad15a2	patch

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