CVE-2023-54207 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Latest updateApr 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: uclogic: 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 si…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages12 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxcce2dbdf258e6b27b2b100f511531edabb77f427 — f78bb490b16ecb506d4904be4b00bf9aad6588f9+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2023-54207: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: uclogic: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name Reference↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-hrv6-wqc3-mmr3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: uclogic: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name
Referenc↗2025-12-30