CVE-2022-50858
Linux Kernel Memory Leak via mmc_add_host() Error Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: alcor: 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 calling mmc_free_host() in the error path.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Scores
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
11.8%
Details
Status
published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel
5.0.0 - 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
< 5.0
Linux/Linux
5.0
Linux/Linux
5.10.163 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.86 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.4.229 - 5.4.*
... and 9 more
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026