CVE-2022-49777

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in i8042 Platform Device Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal Avoid resetting the module-wide i8042_platform_device pointer in i8042_probe() or i8042_remove(), so that the device can be properly destroyed by i8042_exit() on module unload.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel < 4.19.267linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.225linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.156linux
Linux/Linux < 5.16
Linux/Linux 4.19.224 - 4.19.267
Linux/Linux 4.19.267 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.156 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.90 - 5.10.156
... and 16 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026