CVE-2022-50653

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak and Null Pointer Dereference via mmc_add_host() Return Value Mismanagement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: atmel-mci: fix return value check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, it will lead two issues: 1. The memory that allocated in mmc_alloc_host() is leaked. 2. In the remove() path, mmc_remove_host() will be called to delete device, but it's not added yet, it will lead a kernel crash because of null-ptr-deref in device_del(). So fix this by checking the return value and calling mmc_free_host() in the error path.

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.2%

Details

Status published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel 2.6.27 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.27
Linux/Linux 2.6.27
Linux/Linux 4.19.270 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.163 - 5.10.*
... and 12 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026