5.5

CVE-2022-49777: Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49777DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49777
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49777 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal Avoid resetting the module-wide i8042_platform_device pointer in i8042_probe() or i8042_remove(), so that the device can be properly destroyed by i8042_exit() on module unload.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu112 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-206.217 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1151.164 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 68fdb0499653a2519691e645fcb72944f6e1e220, < 81df118e79b2136b5c016394f67a051dc508b7b6 | ≥ f93d5dca7d84a4c725acf87db74b12c5686bd83e, < 4f348b60c79671eee33c1389efe89109c93047da | ≥ bb672eff7447f8a26c8a66ddee613afd279bd760, < 3f25add5ecf88de0f8ff2b27b6c0731a1f1b38ed | ≥ dd33054e4c18a54645072c7a62d46cdf6d05dace, < d5f7f6e63fed9c2ed09725d90059a28907e197e3 | ≥ 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42, < a32cd7feb0127bf629a82686b6e2c128139a86e5 | ≥ 9222ba68c3f4065f6364b99cc641b6b019ef2d42, < 81cd7e8489278d28794e7b272950c3e00c344e44 | ≥ 4.19.224, < 4.19.267 | ≥ 5.4.170, < 5.4.225 | ≥ 5.10.90, < 5.10.156 | ≥ 5.15.13, < 5.15.80 | 5.16
  • linux_kernelEOL≥ 4.19.224, < 4.19.267 | ≥ 5.4.170, < 5.4.225 | ≥ 5.10.90, < 5.10.156 | ≥ 5.15.13, < 5.15.80 | ≥ 5.16.1, < 6.0.10 | 5.16 | 5.16:rc7 | 5.16:rc8 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.10-1

3 vendors · 115 products

References

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