CVE-2022-50858

Linux Kernel Memory Leak via mmc_add_host() Error Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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