# CVE-2022-48978: HID: core: fix shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event

> A shift-out-of-bounds bug in the Linux kernel HID core allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted HID reports.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48978, GHSA-qr7m-wmg3-5x2f, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48978

## What is CVE-2022-48978?

CVE-2022-48978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: core: fix shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event

Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event.

microsoft 0003:045E:07DA.0001: hid_field_extract() called with n (128) >
32! (swapper/0)
======================================================================
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323:20
shift exponent 127 is too large for 32-bit type 'int'
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-00159-g4bbf3422df78 #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
Google 10/26/2022
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x1e3/0x2cb lib/dump_stack.c:106
 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline]
 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x3a6/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:322
 snto32 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323 [inline]
 hid_input_fetch_field drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1572 [inline]
 hid_process_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1665 [inline]
 hid_report_raw_event+0xd56/0x18b0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1998
 hid_input_report+0x408/0x4f0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2066
 hid_irq_in+0x459/0x690 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:284
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x369/0x530 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1671
 dummy_timer+0x86b/0x3110 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1988
 call_timer_fn+0xf5/0x210 kernel/time/timer.c:1474
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x76a/0x980 kernel/time/timer.c:1790
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1803
 __do_softirq+0x277/0x75b kernel/softirq.c:571
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xec/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:650
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:662
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107
======================================================================

If the size of the integer (unsigned n) is bigger than 32 in snto32(),
shift exponent will be too large for 32-bit type 'int', resulting in a
shift-out-of-bounds bug.
Fix this by adding a check on the size of the integer (unsigned n) in
snto32(). To add support for n greater than 32 bits, set n to 32, if n
is greater than 32.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48978?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48978?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48978 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48978/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48978
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48978
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48978

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.