CVE-2022-27950
Moderate
CVE-2022-27950
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
March 28, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-27950
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1