Linux Kernel up to 6.1.36/6.3.10/6.4.0 HID hidraw_open reference count

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.36/6.3.10/6.4.0. Affected by this issue is the function hidraw_open of the component HID. The manipulation leads to reference count. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-53759. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.36/6.3.10/6.4.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function hidraw_open of the component HID. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a reference count vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-911. The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly updates the reference count. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: hidraw: fix data race on device refcount The hidraw_open() function increments the hidraw device reference counter. The counter has no dedicated synchronization mechanism, resulting in a potential data race when concurrently opening a device. The race is a regression introduced by commit 8590222e4b02 ("HID: hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem"). While minors_rwsem is intended to protect the hidraw_table itself, by instead acquiring the lock for writing, the reference counter is also protected. This is symmetrical to hidraw_release().

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-53759 since 12/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 277786 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53759), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.37, 6.3.11 or 6.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 879e79c3aead41b8aa2e91164354b30bd1c4ef3b/ff348eabd97577da974d3db7038857f28c61d2bd/05b47034e2488c2924e5c032e20a1979d012b5b5/944ee77dc6ec7b0afd8ec70ffc418b238c92f12b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (277786) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2756). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• NetApp AFF
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Microsoft Azure Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.3.0
• 6.3.1
• 6.3.2
• 6.3.3
• 6.3.4
• 6.3.5
• 6.3.6
• 6.3.7
• 6.3.8
• 6.3.9
• 6.3.10
• 6.4.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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