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Let's change that.","publishedAt":"2025-06-18T11:00:46.543Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:10:29.783Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"c20d03b82a2e3ddbb555dad4d4f3374a9763222c","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"fa2b822d86be5b5ad54fe4fa2daca464e71ff90a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"dc815761948ab5b8c94db6cb53c95103588f16ae","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"989560b6d9e00d99e07bc33067fa1c770994bf4d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"dee1e51b54794e90763e70a3c78f27ba4fa930ec","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c164d6abf3841ffacfdb757c10616f9cb1f67276","status":"affected","lessThan":"cd11d1a6114bd4bc6450ae59f6e110ec47362126","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hid/hid-steam.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.18","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.19.257","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.4.212","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.141","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.65","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hid/hid-steam.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c20d03b82a2e3ddbb555dad4d4f3374a9763222c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2b822d86be5b5ad54fe4fa2daca464e71ff90a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc815761948ab5b8c94db6cb53c95103588f16ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989560b6d9e00d99e07bc33067fa1c770994bf4d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dee1e51b54794e90763e70a3c78f27ba4fa930ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd11d1a6114bd4bc6450ae59f6e110ec47362126"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49984.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49984","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-06-18T11:00:46.543Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:10:29.783Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-06-18T10:57:27.385Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"HID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: steam: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in steam_{recv,send}_report\n\nIt is possible for a malicious device to forgo submitting a Feature\nReport.  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