CVE-2022-27950

low-risk
Published 2022-03-28

In drivers/hid/hid-elo.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.11, a memory leak exists for a certain hid_parse error condition.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (8)

Mailing List https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8...
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339db...
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1
Mailing List https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8...
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339db...
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal