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CVE-2022-48619

Public on 2024-01-12
Modified on 2024-01-14
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2022-05-31 23:50 ALAS2-2022-1798
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-06-04 00:05 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-014
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2023-06-29 23:20 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-023
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-06-04 00:07 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-026
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2023-02-17 20:46 ALAS2023-2023-070

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-48619 Mitre: CVE-2022-48619 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity