# CVE-2022-49508: HID: elan: Fix potential double free in elan\_input\_configured

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: elan: Fix potential double free in elan_input_configured 'input' is a managed resource allocated with devm_input_allocate_device(), so there is no need to call input_free_device() explicitly or there will be a double free. According to the doc of devm_input_allocate_device(): * Managed input devices do not need to be explicitly unregistered or * freed as it will be done automatically when owner device unbinds from * its driver (or binding fails).

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92ec22a991778a096342cf1a917ae36c5c86a90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d4f19a796551edc6679a681ea1756b8c578c08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d0726725c7c560495f5ff364862a2cefea542e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f9dfdaece9bd75bb8dbfdba83eddeefdf7dc47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5291451851feeb66fd4bf0826710f482f3b1ab38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb1716507ebf12d50bbf181764481de3b6bc7fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1af20714fedad238362571620be0bd690ded05b6

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