5.5

CVE-2022-49273: rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49273DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49273
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49273 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference When there is no interrupt line, rtc alarm feature is disabled. The clearing of the alarm feature bit was being done prior to allocations of ldata->rtc device, resulting in a null pointer dereference. Clear RTC_FEATURE_ALARM after the rtc device is allocated.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu89 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d9b0dd54a1943f47a381a474f8ea2c94466110c0, < cd2722e411e8ab7e5ae41102f6925fa13dffdac5 | ≥ d9b0dd54a1943f47a381a474f8ea2c94466110c0, < d274ce4a3dfd0b9a292667535578359b865765cb | ≥ d9b0dd54a1943f47a381a474f8ea2c94466110c0, < 1b915703964f7e636961df04c540261dc55c6c70 | ≥ d9b0dd54a1943f47a381a474f8ea2c94466110c0, < ea6af39f3da50c86367a71eb3cc674ade3ed244c | 5.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.12, < 5.15.33 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.19 | ≥ 5.17, < 5.17.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1

3 vendors · 92 products

References

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