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GHSA-8HC6-8J6C-V3P8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-07 21:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2022-49777 (GCVE-0-2022-49777)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-01 14:09 – Updated: 2025-05-04 08:45

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81df118e79b2136b5…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f348b60c79671eee…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f25add5ecf88de0f…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32cd7feb0127bf62…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cd7e8489278d287…

Impacted products

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Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 68fdb0499653a2519691e645fcb72944f6e1e220 , < 81df118e79b2136b5c016394f67a051dc508b7b6 (git)
Affected: f93d5dca7d84a4c725acf87db74b12c5686bd83e , < 4f348b60c79671eee33c1389efe89109c93047da (git)
Affected: bb672eff7447f8a26c8a66ddee613afd279bd760 , < 3f25add5ecf88de0f8ff2b27b6c0731a1f1b38ed (git)
Affected: dd33054e4c18a54645072c7a62d46cdf6d05dace , < d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed09725d90059a28907e197e3 (git)
Affected: 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42 , < a32cd7feb0127bf629a82686b6e2c128139a86e5 (git)
Affected: 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42 , < 81cd7e8489278d28794e7b272950c3e00c344e44 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.267 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.225 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.156 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.80 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.10 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2022-49777 (GCVE-0-2022-49777)

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