{"id":"CVE-2022-49790","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-49790","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:30.265Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: iforce - invert valid length check when fetching device IDs syzbot is reporting uninitialized value at iforce_init_device() [1], for commit 6ac0aec6b0a6 (\"Input: iforce - allow…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: iforce - invert valid length check when fetching device IDs\n\nsyzbot is reporting uninitialized value at iforce_init_device() [1], for\ncommit 6ac0aec6b0a6 (\"Input: iforce - allow callers supply data buffer\nwhen fetching device IDs\") is checking that valid length is shorter than\nbytes to read. Since iforce_get_id_packet() stores valid length when\nreturning 0, the caller needs to check that valid length is longer than or\nequals to bytes to read.","published":"2025-05-01T15:16:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:19:09.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-908"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00202,"percentile":0.09968,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24cc679abbf31477d0cc6106ec83c2fbae6b3cdf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d53797ce7ce8fb1d95a5bebc5efa9418c4217a3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6365569d62a75ddf53fb0c2936c16587a365984c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8ebf250997c5fb253582f42bfe98673801ebebd","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd57c20d4408cac3c3c535c120d244e083406c9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49790","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}