CVE-2021-47522 HID: bigbenff: prevent null pointer dereference

What is CVE-2021-47522?

CVE-2021-47522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: bigbenff: prevent null pointer dereference

When emulating the device through uhid, there is a chance we don't have output reports and so report_field is null.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47522?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47522?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-47522 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47522, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47522.