CVE-2022-49874: 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: HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() If hid_add_device() returns error, it should call hid_destroy_device() to free hid_dev which is allocated in hid_allocate_device().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.3, before 4.9.334 (fixed in 4.9.334); from 4.10, before 4.14.300 (fixed in 4.14.300); from 4.15, before 4.19.267 (fixed in 4.19.267); from 4.20, before 5.4.225 (fixed in 5.4.225); from 5.5, before 5.10.155 (fixed in 5.10.155); from 5.11, before 5.15.79 (fixed in 5.15.79); …

Published 2025-05-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.