What is CVE-2023-53797?

CVE-2023-53797 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.4.243 onward and patched in 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.120 and others. CVE-2023-53797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-53797?

CVE-2023-53797 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53797?

Yes, CVE-2023-53797 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.243 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2023-53797 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-53797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-09

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, 6.1.29, 6.3.3, 6.2.16, 6.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.120, 6.1.37, 6.3.11, 6.4.1, 6.5 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.4.243 ≥ 5.10.180 ≥ 5.15.112 ≥ 6.1.29 ≥ 6.3.3 ≥ 6.2.16 ≥ 6.4

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.251 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.188 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.120 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.37 6.1.x ✓ 6.3.11 6.3.x ✓ 6.4.1 6.4.x ✓ 6.5

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-53797 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67ce7724637c6adb66f788677cb50b82615de0ac
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9598a647ecc8f300b0540abf9d3b3439859d163b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99036f1aed7e82773904f5d91a9897bb3e507fd9
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53797?

CVE-2023-53797 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4.243 onward and has been patched in 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.120 and others. CVE-2023-53797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-53797?

Yes — CVE-2023-53797 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.251, 5.10.188, 5.15.120 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.243 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2023-53797 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-53797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.