PT-2025-37570 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2022-12-07 · Updated 2025-10-23 · CVE-2022-50268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The mmc add host() function may return an error. Ignoring this return value can lead to a memory leak in mmc alloc host(). This can cause a kernel crash during device removal due to deleting a device that was not properly added.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Unchecked Return Value

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-252

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05955

CVE-2022-50268

RHSA-2024:9315

SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 874

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50268.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7e9a2059fb943fc3c3fa12261518fd72a0fc136 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8bb62c7c5c833758ef1563fe738afd579c3efe · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c765f5d8e58138cff69f1510b2e8942ec37022 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0502fe86a2db2336c9498d2de3e97f22dcf85ae · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a94d466f31a5201995d39bc1208e2c09ab04f0bf · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40aa73c70e8a5706f9cbe01409a5e51cc0f1750e · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c3b301ca8b0cab392c71da8fcdfa499074f8e97 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50268 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca18d09c744fb030ae9bc5836c3e357e0237dea · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b174f2b36c638fc7737df6c8aac1889a646be98f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1 · Vendor Advisory