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CVE-2025-21923

HID: hid-steam: Fix use-after-free when detaching device

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.83, 6.12.19, 6.13.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: hid-steam: Fix use-after-free when detaching device When a hid-steam device is removed it must clean up the client_hdev used for intercepting hidraw access. This can lead to scheduling deferred work to reattach the input device. Though the cleanup cancels the deferred work, this was done before the client_hdev itself is cleaned up, so it gets rescheduled. This patch fixes the ordering to make sure the deferred work is properly canceled.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    From 6.6.79 · fixed in 6.6.83; From 6.12.16 · fixed in 6.12.19; From 6.13.4 · fixed in 6.13.7

References 4

git.kernel.org