PT-2025-25910 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2022-07-08 · Updated 2025-07-28 · CVE-2022-49984

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A NULL pointer dereference issue has been identified in the HID Steam driver of the Linux kernel. This issue arises when a malicious device fails to submit a Feature Report, and the driver attempts to access the struct hid report pointer without validating its existence. This could potentially lead to a crash or other unintended behavior.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-02800

CVE-2022-49984

RHSA-2023:2458

RHSA-2023_2458

SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02308-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02537-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 606

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49984.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dee1e51b54794e90763e70a3c78f27ba4fa930ec · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd11d1a6114bd4bc6450ae59f6e110ec47362126 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49984 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc815761948ab5b8c94db6cb53c95103588f16ae · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989560b6d9e00d99e07bc33067fa1c770994bf4d · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49984 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49984 · Vendor Advisory