CVE-2022-48619

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.17.10 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/input/input.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.10. An attacker can cause a denial of service (panic) because input_set_capability mishandles the situation in which an event code falls outside of a bitmap.

References (2)

[Mailing List, Patch] https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.10

[Patch] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/409353cbe9fe48f6bc196114c442b1cff05a39bc

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Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-755

Status published

Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.17.10

Published Jan 12, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026