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Additionally, such request may put undue burden on the\nsystem which will try to free a lot of memory for a bogus request.\n\nFix it by limiting allowed number of slots to 100. This can easily\nbe extended if we see devices that can track more than 100 contacts."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/input/misc/uinput.c"],"versions":[{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"9c6d189f0c1c59ba9a32326ec82a0b367a3cd47b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"597ff930296c4c8fc6b6a536884d4f1a7187ec70","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"51fa08edd80003db700bdaa099385c5900d27f4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"9719687398dea8a6a12a10321a54dd75eec7ab2d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"61df76619e270a46fd427fbdeb670ad491c42de2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"a4858b00a1ec57043697fb935565fe267f161833","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"d76fc0f0b18d49b7e721c9e4975ef4bffde2f3e7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc","lessThan":"206f533a0a7c683982af473079c4111f4a0f9f5e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/input/misc/uinput.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2.6.36","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.19.322","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.4.284","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.226","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.167","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.110","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.51","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.10.10","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.11","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"4.19.322"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"5.4.284"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.226"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.167"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.110"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.51"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"6.10.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"2.6.36","versionEndExcluding":"6.11"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6d189f0c1c59ba9a32326ec82a0b367a3cd47b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/597ff930296c4c8fc6b6a536884d4f1a7187ec70"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51fa08edd80003db700bdaa099385c5900d27f4b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9719687398dea8a6a12a10321a54dd75eec7ab2d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61df76619e270a46fd427fbdeb670ad491c42de2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4858b00a1ec57043697fb935565fe267f161833"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d76fc0f0b18d49b7e721c9e4975ef4bffde2f3e7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/206f533a0a7c683982af473079c4111f4a0f9f5e"}],"title":"Input: uinput - 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