5.5

CVE-2022-50331: wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50331DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50331
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50331 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.8% 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 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new() Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails, but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function kobject_cleanup(). unreferenced object 0xffff88810152ad20 (size 8): comm "modprobe", pid 252, jiffies 4294849206 (age 22.713s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 68 77 73 69 6d 30 00 ff hwsim0.. backtrace: [<000000009c3504ed>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1b0 [<00000000c0228a5e>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x140 [<00000000cff8c21f>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180 [<0000000055a1e073>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000000a80b139>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.15% 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.

Ubuntu102 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f36a111a74e71edbba27d4c0cf3d7bbccc172108, < 50c31fa952309536c6e4461ff815ddccc8dff9d5 | ≥ f36a111a74e71edbba27d4c0cf3d7bbccc172108, < d87973314aba6de80a49f4271dd9be4ddc08e729 | ≥ f36a111a74e71edbba27d4c0cf3d7bbccc172108, < 258ad2fe5ede773625adfda88b173f4123e59f45 | 5.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 5.15.76 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.6 | 6.1:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.6-1

3 vendors · 105 products

References

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