CVE-2021-46932: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: appletouch - initialize work before device registration Syzbot has reported warning in __flush_work(). This warning is caused by work->func == NULL, which means missing work initialization. This may happen, since input_dev->close() calls cancel_work_sync(&dev->work), but dev->work initalization happens _after_ input_register_device() call. So this patch moves dev->work initialization before registering input device

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.23, before 4.4.298 (fixed in 4.4.298); from 4.5.0, before 4.9.296 (fixed in 4.9.296); from 4.10.0, before 4.14.261 (fixed in 4.14.261); from 4.15.0, before 4.19.224 (fixed in 4.19.224); from 4.20.0, before 5.4.170 (fixed in 5.4.170); from 5.5.0, before 5.10.90 (fixed in 5.10.90); …

Published 2024-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.