CVE-2022-50769: mmc: mxcmmc: fix return value check of mmc_add_host()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50769 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 24-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: mxcmmc: 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 goto error path which will call mmc_free_host().
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
20%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.28% 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 causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu121 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.4-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < 5f35c038c9f4d258b3cf77885a2730f1417d63e7 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < 1cf0c1e58738b97e2de207846105b6a5d46622ee | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < b8bdb3fd13d5cd1e86d22fd3f803a742fd88af89 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < 32eb502c972dfc34413c9147418b3d94d870c2b8 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < 3904eb97bb78fdca3e16d30a38ce5697b9686110 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < 2d496050ded83b13b16f05e1fc0329b0210d2493 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < d37474ab9a79149075f0823315c6d45dd983a78c | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < d2ead18bc7cc166220cab5a744a05c5b69431a12 | ≥ d96be879ff469759af6d7fcebdb66237c18da6f8, < cde600af7b413c9fe03e85c58c4279df90e91d13 | 2.6.29
3 vendors · 123 products