CVE-2022-1215 log

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Severity	High
Remote	No
Type	Privilege escalation
Description	Format string vulnerability in evdev device handling

References
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/752 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/20/2

Notes
When a device is detected by libinput, libinput logs several messages through log handlers set up by the callers. These log handlers usually eventually result in a printf call. Logging happens with the privileges of the caller, in the case of Xorg this may be root.

Notes

When a device is detected by libinput, libinput logs several messages through log handlers set up by the callers. These log handlers usually eventually result in a printf call. Logging happens with the privileges of the caller, in the case of Xorg this may be root.