1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5382-1

USN-5382-1: libinput vulnerability

Publication date

20 April 2022

Overview

libinput could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • libinput - Input device management and event handling library

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.

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.

Update instructions

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.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.10 impish libinput10 –  1.18.1-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal libinput10 –  1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3
18.04 bionic libinput10 –  1.10.4-1ubuntu0.18.04.3

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