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Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-50276power: supply: fix null pointer dereferencing in power_supply_get_battery_info

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: fix null pointer dereferencing in power_supply_get_battery_info when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), propname will be NULL, strcmp() called by of_get_property() will cause null pointer dereference. So return ENOMEM if kasprintf() return NULL pointer.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50276
Debian:13linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50276
Debian:14linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1033.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1035.42UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1035.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1031.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1027.30UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50276

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before 8ea68b4e3fa9392ef9dae303abc8735a033c280f3afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before 5beadb55f4e36fafe5d6df5dcd5f85d803f3f1343afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before d21534ab4fd7883e1c8037a76671d4e8b6ea14cb3afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before 279af90e65cbdb3e5c4519b0043324d7876bc5ec3afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before b8131efb89d9f837c9244f900f0fc2699fd1181d3afb50d7125bcdbf71df843134e96ceffc78c8b8 – before 104bb8a663451404a26331263ce5b96c34504049
Linux Linux 5.0

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