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Unscored CVE-2022-50304 EUVD-2022-55551GHSA-x78r-fcw5-873j

mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()

Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.10 6.0.16

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.4-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.275.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.275.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_73 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Advisories 3

References