{"id":"CVE-2023-53253","summary":"HID: nvidia-shield: Reference hid_device devm allocation of input_dev name","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: nvidia-shield: Reference hid_device devm allocation of input_dev name\n\nUse hid_device for devm allocation of the input_dev name to avoid a\nuse-after-free. input_unregister_device would trigger devres cleanup of all\nresources associated with the input_dev, free-ing the name. The name would\nsubsequently be used in a uevent fired at the end of unregistering the\ninput_dev.","modified":"2026-04-02T09:43:52.575132Z","published":"2025-09-15T14:46:23.661Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53253.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53253.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53253"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"09308562d4afb1abc66366608fa1cb9de783272f"},{"fixed":"b85d3807e5ec368bfd5b20245347d7c1434aff76"},{"fixed":"197d3143520fec9fde89aebabc9f0d7464f08e50"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53253.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}