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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title HID: multitouch: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:25.760Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.754Z

Link: CVE-2023-53454

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:43.953

Modified: 2025-10-01T12:15:43.953

Link: CVE-2023-53454

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