CVE-2022-50304 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()
I got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd():
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0'
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83
sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70
sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120
kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0
kobject_add+0x98/0x110
device_add+0x179/0xc00
device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100
device_create+0x7b/0xb0
bdi_register_va.…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77 — 78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-x78r-fcw5-873j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()
I got the error report while↗2025-09-15
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50304: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd() I got the error report while i↗2025-09-15