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CVE-2022-48619

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-755

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/input/input.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.10. An attacker can cause a denial of service (panic) because input_set_capability mishandles the situation in which an event code falls outside of a bitmap.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.17.10 — fixed in 5.17.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.17.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.10
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/409353cbe9fe48f6bc196114c442b1cff05a39bc
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.10
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/409353cbe9fe48f6bc196114c442b1cff05a39bc

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