Bug 2363367 (CVE-2022-49777)

Summary: CVE-2022-49777 kernel: Input: i8042 - fix leaking of platform device on module removal
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 15:01:41 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 03:19:50 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050117-CVE-2022-49777-34e7@gregkh/T