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CVE-2022-49508

kernel: HID: elan: Fix potential double free in elan_input_configured

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: elan: Fix potential double free in elan_input_configured

'input' is a managed resource allocated with devm_input_allocate_device(), so there is no need to call input_free_device() explicitly or there will be a double free.

According to the doc of devm_input_allocate_device():

  • Managed input devices do not need to be explicitly unregistered or
  • freed as it will be done automatically when owner device unbinds from
  • its driver (or binding fails).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-415 · Double Free