CVE-2022-49777

Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal

EPSS 0.2%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

01 May 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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 products

Linux · Linux

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f25add5ecf88de0f8ff2b27b6c0731a1f1b38ed https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f348b60c79671eee33c1389efe89109c93047da https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cd7e8489278d28794e7b272950c3e00c344e44 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81df118e79b2136b5c016394f67a051dc508b7b6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a32cd7feb0127bf629a82686b6e2c128139a86e5 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed09725d90059a28907e197e3