CVE-2022-50267: mmc: rtsx_pci: fix return value check of mmc_add_host()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50267 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 15-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: rtsx_pci: 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, beside, runtime PM also needs be disabled.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
5%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu120 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ ff984e57d36e8ac468849a144a36f1c11f88b61c, < 30dc645461dfc63e52b3af8ee4a98e17bf14bacf | ≥ ff984e57d36e8ac468849a144a36f1c11f88b61c, < 5cd4e04eccaec140da6fa04db056a76282ee6852 | ≥ ff984e57d36e8ac468849a144a36f1c11f88b61c, < ffa9b2a79e3e959683efbad3f6db937eca9d38f5 | ≥ ff984e57d36e8ac468849a144a36f1c11f88b61c, < 0c87db77423a282b3b38b8a6daf057b822680516 | 3.8
- linux_kernel≥ 3.8, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.4-1
3 vendors · 123 products