CVE-2022-50733

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the Linux kernel related to the idmouse driver. Specifically, within the idmouse create image function, a failure in any ftip command can lead to uninitialized data in the bulk in buffer[HEADER..IMGSIZE] area. This results in an uninitialized dereference during the image validity check. The problem was identified by KMSAN during kernel compilation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.