CVE-2023-53797

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:HID: wacom: Use ktime_t rather than int when dealing with timestampsCode which interacts with timestamps needs to use the ktime_t typereturned by functions like ktime_get. The int type does not offerenough space to store these values, and attempting to use it is arecipe for problems. In this particular case, overflows would occurwhen calculating/storing timestamps leading to incorrect values beingreported to userspace. In some cases these bad timestamps cause inputhandling in userspace to appear hung.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.036

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234