CVE-2023-54204

Linux Kernel 6.2-6.4.11 - 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: sunplus: fix return value check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, 1. the memory allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked 2. null-ptr-deref will happen when calling mmc_remove_host() in remove function spmmc_drv_remove() because deleting not added device. Fix this by checking the return value of mmc_add_host(). Moreover, I fixed the error handling path of spmmc_drv_probe() to clean up.

Scores

EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.8%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.4.12linux
Linux/Linux < 6.2
Linux/Linux 4e268fed8b1861616af28f9cfb4eed8ca5d7af6c - 741a951f41929f39cae70c66d86d0754d3129d0a
Linux/Linux 4e268fed8b1861616af28f9cfb4eed8ca5d7af6c - dce6d8f985fa1ef5c2af47f4f86ea65511b78656
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.4.12 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026