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Medium ALSA-2022:5257 1 CVE

Moderate: libinput security update

Published Jun 30, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.
Security Fix(es):
* libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1215)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libinput 1.19.3-2.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 libinput-devel 1.19.3-2.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 libinput-utils 1.19.3-2.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1215
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2074952
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5257.html