PT-2025-53037 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published

2025-12-24

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Updated

2026-02-24

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CVE-2022-50733

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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the Linux kernel related to the idmouse driver. Specifically, within the idmouse create image function, a failure in any ftip command can lead to uninitialized data in the bulk in buffer[HEADER..IMGSIZE] area. This results in an uninitialized dereference during the image validity check. The problem was identified by KMSAN during kernel compilation.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50733
OESA-2026-1231
RHSA-2023:6583
RHSA-2023:7077
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel