CVE-2022-50477 [Medium] | Information Disclosure in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: class: Fix potential memleak in devm_rtc_allocate_device() devm_rtc_allocate_device() will alloc a rtc_device first, and then run dev_set_name(). If dev_set_name() failed, the rtc_device will memleak. Move devm_add_action_or_reset() in front of dev_set_name() to prevent memleak. unreferenced object 0xffff888110a53000 (size 2048): comm "python3", pid 470, jiffies 4296078308 (age 58.882s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 30 a5 10 81 88 ff ff .........0...... 08 30 a5 10 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .0.............. backtrace: [<000000004aac0364>] kmalloc_trace+0x21/0x110 [<000000000ff02202>] devm_rtc_allocate_device+0xd4/0x400 [<000000001bdf5639>] devm_rtc_device_register+0x1a/0x80 [<00000000351bf81c>] rx4581_probe+0xdd/0x110 [rtc_rx4581] [<00000000f0eba0ae>] spi_probe+0xde/0x130 [<00000000bff89ee8>] really_probe+0x175/0x3f0 [<00000000128e8d84>] __driver_probe_device+0xe6/0x170 [<00000000ee5bf913>] device_driver_attach+0x32/0x80 [<00000000f3f28f92>] bind_store+0x10b/0x1a0 [<000000009ff812d8>] drv_attr_store+0x49/0x70 [<000000008139c323>] sysfs_kf_write+0x8d/0xb0 [<00000000b6146e01>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x214/0x2d0 [<00000000ecbe3895>] vfs_write+0x61a/0x7d0 [<00000000aa2196ea>] ksys_write+0xc8/0x190 [<0000000046a600f5>] do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 [<00000000541a336f>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.02%	0.14%	+0.12%
2	2025-10-05	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.02%

0.14%

+0.12%

2025-10-05

—

0.02%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50477

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2022-50477 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50477
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50477
`suse`	low	CVE-2022-50477 severity low: SUSE including 55 source package names (bpftool-7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3, cluster-md-kmp-default, …), 305 product×package rows across 55 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 9, … (55 product lines)): Known Not Affected 276, Fixed 29.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50477/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-50477 medium priority: Ubuntu including 150 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1350 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 969, ignored 159, not-affected 142, released 80.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50477

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50477

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 6.0.16	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.1, < 6.1.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2022-50477

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcfc8fd3e596994f527b46730579428b3a4fa5f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59457a0f079eae19aaf322b3cc1c8ba66f55c5f3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60da73808298ff2cfa9f165d55eb3d7aa7078601	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-50477 | rtc: class: Fix potential memleak in devm_rtc_allocate_device()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50477

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50477

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50477

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50477

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50477

References for CVE-2022-50477