RHSA-2022:5331 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: libinput security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · July 1, 2022

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for libinput is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.

Security Fix(es):

  • libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1215)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2022:5331 — Red Hat Security Advisory: libinput security update | PulseLinux