CVE-2023-53797

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: Use ktime_t rather than int when dealing with timestamps Code which interacts with timestamps needs to use the ktime_t type returned by functions like ktime_get. The int type does not offer enough space to store these values, and attempting to use it is a recipe for problems. In this particular case, overflows would occur when calculating/storing timestamps leading to incorrect values being reported to userspace. In some cases these bad timestamps cause input handling in userspace to appear hung.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.1 High

Status

Deferred - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-12-09

Last modified

2026-08-05

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67ce7724637c6adb66f788677cb50b82615de0ac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9598a647ecc8f300b0540abf9d3b3439859d163b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99036f1aed7e82773904f5d91a9897bb3e507fd9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a6c0e28e215535b2938c61ded54603b4e5814c5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdeaa883b765709f231f47f9d6cc76c837a15396
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0198363f9108e4adb2511e607ba91e44779e8b1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d89750b19681581796dfbe3689bbb5d439b99b24