PT-2025-53135 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2022-50769

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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 because memory allocated in mmc alloc host() is not freed. This can cause a kernel crash during device removal due to attempting to delete a device that was not properly added. The issue is related to the handling of the return value of the mmc add host() function and the subsequent memory management within the mmc subsystem.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50769

RHSA-2024:9315

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 977

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50769.json · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50769 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50769 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256349 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50698 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254979 · Note