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CVE-2022-27950

Date: March 27, 2022

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27950

Url: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27950

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27950

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-27950

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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