Memory Leak Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEVEL-3193302
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed28 Mar 2022

Introduced: 28 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-27950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-devel to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7683.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1