CVE-2022-50304

MEDIUM EPSS 4.1%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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: <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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.10  –  <6.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.1  –  <6.1.2

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c
    Patch