CVE-2022-50769

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak 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: mxcmmc: fix return value check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, the memory that allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked and it will lead a kernel crash because of deleting not added device in the remove path. So fix this by checking the return value and goto error path which will call mmc_free_host().

Scores

EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.5%

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 2.6.29 - 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 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 < 2.6.29
Linux/Linux 2.6.29
... and 18 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026