Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-27950 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1