CVE-2021-47522 HID: bigbenff: prevent null pointer dereference

2024-05-2415:09:35

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

hid

vulnerability

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: bigbenff: prevent null pointer dereference

When emulating the device through uhid, there is a chance we don’t have
output reports and so report_field is null.

CNA Affected

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      "drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c"
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