CVE-2022-49984

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.18-5.19.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference in HID Steam Driver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report It is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature Report. The HID Steam driver presently makes no prevision for this and de-references the 'struct hid_report' pointer obtained from the HID devices without first checking its validity. Let's change that.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.4%
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-476
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 4.18.0 - 4.19.257linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.212linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.65linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.141linux
Linux/Linux < 4.18
Linux/Linux 4.18
Linux/Linux 4.19.257 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.141 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.65 - 5.15.*
... and 11 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026