{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2022-50304", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:18:36.812Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:45:59.614Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-15T14:45:59.614Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-09-15T14:45:59.614Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()\n\nI got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd():\n\nsysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0'\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83\n sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70\n sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120\n kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0\n kobject_add+0x98/0x110\n device_add+0x179/0xc00\n device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100\n device_create+0x7b/0xb0\n bdi_register_va.part.13+0x58/0x2d0\n bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0\n init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd]\n do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0\n do_init_module+0x58/0x222\n load_module+0x268e/0x27d0\n __do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140\n do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n </TASK>\nkobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register\n\tthings with the same name in the same directory.\nError registering mtd class or bdi: -17\n\nIf init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered,\nas a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling\nbdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c"], "versions": [{"version": "445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77", "lessThan": "78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77", "lessThan": "26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "445caaa20c4d6da74f426464f90513b81157ad77", "lessThan": "1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.10", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.0.16", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.16"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895"}], "title": "mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

{}

{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()\n\nI got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd():\n\nsysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0'\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83\n sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70\n sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120\n kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0\n kobject_add+0x98/0x110\n device_add+0x179/0xc00\n device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100\n device_create+0x7b/0xb0\n bdi_register_va.part.13+0x58/0x2d0\n bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0\n init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd]\n do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0\n do_init_module+0x58/0x222\n load_module+0x268e/0x27d0\n __do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140\n do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n </TASK>\nkobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register\n\tthings with the same name in the same directory.\nError registering mtd class or bdi: -17\n\nIf init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered,\nas a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling\nbdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label."}], "id": "CVE-2022-50304", "lastModified": "2025-09-15T15:22:27.090", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-09-15T15:15:41.953", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aadf01e5076b9ab6bf294b9622335c651314895"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26c304a3f136009c5a2a04e2bf3ac6aa25aabcb4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78816504100cbd8e6836df9f58cc4fbb8b262f1c"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()", "id": "2395303", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395303"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["No description is available for this CVE."], "name": "CVE-2022-50304", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-09-15T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50304\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50304\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091558-CVE-2022-50304-4b20@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}