UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27950
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
Published: 28 Mar 2022, 04:15
Last modified:24 Oct 2025, 04:53
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
28 Mar 2022, 04:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
24 Oct 2025, 04:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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 Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iotg-5.15
< 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv-5.8
all
References (7)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27950
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- 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
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27950