CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-49777

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-05-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-05-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.19.224 < 4.19.267) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.4.170 < 5.4.225) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.10.90 < 5.10.156) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.15.13 < 5.15.80) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16.1 < 6.0.10) • linux linux kernel 5.16 • linux linux kernel 6.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References