CVE-2022-49777

kernel: Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal

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Unknown

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Published · May 1, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified