HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report
It is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature
Report. The HID Steam driver presently makes no prevision for this
and de-references the 'struct hid_report' pointer obtained from the
HID devices without first checking its validity. Let's change that.
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EUVD |
EUVD-2022-55263 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report It is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature Report. The HID Steam driver presently makes no prevision for this and de-references the 'struct hid_report' pointer obtained from the HID devices without first checking its validity. Let's change that. |
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report It is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature Report. The HID Steam driver presently makes no prevision for this and de-references the 'struct hid_report' pointer obtained from the HID devices without first checking its validity. Let's change that. | |
| Title | HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:10:29.783Z
Reserved: 2025-06-18T10:57:27.385Z
Link: CVE-2022-49984
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-06-18T11:15:25.953
Modified: 2025-11-14T18:14:15.903
Link: CVE-2022-49984
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Updated: 2025-06-23T08:36:34Z
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