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

What is CVE-2022-49273?

CVE-2022-49273 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49273?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49273?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49273, GHSA-rq3p-6qpw-48cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49273.