CVE-2022-27950 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe 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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5