CVE-2022-27950: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In drivers/hid/hid-elo.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.11, a memory leak exists for a certain hid_parse error condition.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.16.11 (fixed in 5.16.11)

Published 2022-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.