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

What is CVE-2022-49777?

CVE-2022-49777 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. 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:

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.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49777?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49777?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-49777 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49777 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49777, GHSA-8hc6-8j6c-v3p8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49777.