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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-49777

CVE-2022-49777

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.

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