USN-5382-2: libinput vulnerability

2 May 2022

libinput could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

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Releases

Packages

  • libinput - Input device management and event handling library

Details

USN-5382-1 fixed a vulnerability in libinput. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

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.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

After a standard system update you need to log out of all desktop sessions
and then log back in to make all the necessary changes.

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