CVE-2022-50304 (GCVE-0-2022-50304)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:45 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()
Summary
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:
<TASK>
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.part.13+0x58/0x2d0
bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0
init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd]
do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0
do_init_module+0x58/0x222
load_module+0x268e/0x27d0
__do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140
do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
</TASK>
kobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register
things with the same name in the same directory.
Error registering mtd class or bdi: -17
If init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered,
as a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling
bdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77 , < 78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c
(git)
Affected: 445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77 , < 26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4 (git) Affected: 445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77 , < 1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.10 (semver) Unaffected: 6.0.16 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.2 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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