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CVE-2022-49777
Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal
Medium5.5EPSS 0.22%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 68fdb0499653a2519691e645fcb72944f6e1e220 – < 81df118e79b2136b5c016394f67a051dc508b7b6
- affected f93d5dca7d84a4c725acf87db74b12c5686bd83e – < 4f348b60c79671eee33c1389efe89109c93047da
- affected bb672eff7447f8a26c8a66ddee613afd279bd760 – < 3f25add5ecf88de0f8ff2b27b6c0731a1f1b38ed
- affected dd33054e4c18a54645072c7a62d46cdf6d05dace – < d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed09725d90059a28907e197e3
- affected 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42 – < a32cd7feb0127bf629a82686b6e2c128139a86e5
- affected 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42 – < 81cd7e8489278d28794e7b272950c3e00c344e44
- affected 4.19.224 – < 4.19.267
- affected 5.4.170 – < 5.4.225
- affected 5.10.90 – < 5.10.156
- affected 5.15.13 – < 5.15.80
- affected 5.16
- unaffected < 5.16
- unaffected 4.19.267 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.225 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.156 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.80 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.10 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81df118e79b2136b5c016394f67a051dc508b7b6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f348b60c79671eee33c1389efe89109c93047da (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f25add5ecf88de0f8ff2b27b6c0731a1f1b38ed (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed09725d90059a28907e197e3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32cd7feb0127bf629a82686b6e2c128139a86e5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cd7e8489278d28794e7b272950c3e00c344e44 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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