# CVE-2022-49981: HID: hidraw: fix memory leak in hidraw_release() > A memory leak in the Linux kernel's HID raw driver allows attackers to exhaust system memory, potentially causing a denial of service. - **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:** 18 Jun 2025 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49981, GHSA-g583-r33f-x62j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49981 ## What is CVE-2022-49981? CVE-2022-49981 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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: HID: hidraw: fix memory leak in hidraw_release() Free the buffered reports before deleting the list entry. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810e72f180 (size 32): comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294945143 (age 16.080s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 64 f3 c6 6a d1 88 07 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d..j............ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] kmemdup+0x23/0x50 mm/util.c:128 [] kmemdup include/linux/fortify-string.h:440 [inline] [] hidraw_report_event+0xa2/0x150 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:521 [] hid_report_raw_event+0x27d/0x740 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1992 [] hid_input_report+0x1ae/0x270 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2065 [] hid_irq_in+0x1ff/0x250 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:284 [] __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0xf9/0x230 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1670 [] usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x1b6/0x1d0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1747 [] dummy_timer+0x8e4/0x14c0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1988 [] call_timer_fn+0x38/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1474 [] expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline] [] __run_timers.part.0+0x316/0x430 kernel/time/timer.c:1790 [] __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1768 [inline] [] run_timer_softirq+0x44/0x90 kernel/time/timer.c:1803 [] __do_softirq+0xe6/0x2ea kernel/softirq.c:571 [] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:445 [inline] [] __irq_exit_rcu kernel/softirq.c:650 [inline] [] irq_exit_rcu+0xc0/0x110 kernel/softirq.c:662 [] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa2/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1106 [] asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1b/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:649 [] native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline] [] arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline] [] acpi_safe_halt drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c:111 [inline] [] acpi_idle_do_entry+0xc0/0xd0 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c:554 Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49981? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-49981? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-49981 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49981 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-2022-49981 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-49981 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. 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-2022-49981 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-2022-49981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49981/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49981 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49981 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49981 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49981/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.