CVE-2022-49984
HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 11 months later
· 11 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)
- 0.25% · top 83% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < c20d03b82a2e3ddbb555dad4d4f3374a9763222c
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < fa2b822d86be5b5ad54fe4fa2daca464e71ff90a
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < dc815761948ab5b8c94db6cb53c95103588f16ae
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < 989560b6d9e00d99e07bc33067fa1c770994bf4d
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < dee1e51b54794e90763e70a3c78f27ba4fa930ec
- affected c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276 – < cd11d1a6114bd4bc6450ae59f6e110ec47362126
- affected 4.18
- unaffected < 4.18
- unaffected 4.19.257 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.212 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.141 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.65 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.19.7 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c20d03b82a2e3ddbb555dad4d4f3374a9763222c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2b822d86be5b5ad54fe4fa2daca464e71ff90a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc815761948ab5b8c94db6cb53c95103588f16ae (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989560b6d9e00d99e07bc33067fa1c770994bf4d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dee1e51b54794e90763e70a3c78f27ba4fa930ec (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd11d1a6114bd4bc6450ae59f6e110ec47362126 (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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