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Unscored USN-5382-1 1 CVE

libinput vulnerability

Published Apr 20, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Albin Eldstål-Ahrens and Lukas Lamster discovered libinput did not properly
handle input devices with specially crafted names. A local attacker with
physical access could use this to cause libinput to crash or expose
sensitive information.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libinput 1.10.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.3
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS libinput 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1215