In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: Fix device name leak when register device failed in add_mtd_device()

There is a kmemleak when register device failed:
unreferenced object 0xffff888101aab550 (size 8):
comm "insmod", pid 3922, jiffies 4295277753 (age 925.408s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
6d 74 64 30 00 88 ff ff mtd0....
backtrace:
[<00000000bde26724>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
[<000000003c32b416>] kvasprintf+0xb0/0x130
[<000000001f7a8f15>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x2f/0xb0
[<000000006e781163>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
[<00000000e30d0c78>] add_mtd_device+0x4bb/0x700
[<00000000f3d34de7>] mtd_device_parse_register+0x2ac/0x3f0
[<00000000c0d88488>] 0xffffffffa0238457
[<00000000b40d0922>] 0xffffffffa02a008f
[<0000000023d17b9d>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0
[<00000000770f6ca6>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320
[<000000007b6768fe>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330
[<00000000346bed5a>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0
[<00000000674c2290>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<000000004c6a8d97>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

If register device failed, should call put_device() to give up the
reference.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00085.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < a75f45afa932bfb24a2603ebcea5efd2e7cdcfd6
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < 2302e2dc42b1f84f951c725ce742fc21c5a1e151
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < db07fe76df01f40cb897d6e9066b84e46957beb3
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < fa0d32ab8407d7481450c664fd0de64f2dae9489
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < 330bc5533e8a8ed69cb951d5a8edce9bddb9db21
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < 71212d73184845c944ef1b43f092e643e5bde003
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < 1b172fb05d6315ecec082fd7544a3390e96f0d7e
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < bcabe1dc2a344adbb3382930a23e273ba9382277
1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221 affected < 895d68a39481a75c680aa421546931fb11942fa6
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
2.6.30 affected —
0 unaffected < 2.6.30
4.9.337 unaffected ≤ 4.9.*
4.14.303 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.270 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.229 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.163 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.86 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.0.16 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1.2 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b172fb05d6315ecec082fd7544a3390e96f0d7e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2302e2dc42b1f84f951c725ce742fc21c5a1e151 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71212d73184845c944ef1b43f092e643e5bde003 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895d68a39481a75c680aa421546931fb11942fa6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a75f45afa932bfb24a2603ebcea5efd2e7cdcfd6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcabe1dc2a344adbb3382930a23e273ba9382277 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db07fe76df01f40cb897d6e9066b84e46957beb3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0d32ab8407d7481450c664fd0de64f2dae9489 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025102207-CVE-2022-50566-9cd3@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50566 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50566 cve-icon
History

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: Fix device name leak when register device failed in add_mtd_device() There is a kmemleak when register device failed: unreferenced object 0xffff888101aab550 (size 8): comm "insmod", pid 3922, jiffies 4295277753 (age 925.408s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 6d 74 64 30 00 88 ff ff mtd0.... backtrace: [<00000000bde26724>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150 [<000000003c32b416>] kvasprintf+0xb0/0x130 [<000000001f7a8f15>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x2f/0xb0 [<000000006e781163>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0 [<00000000e30d0c78>] add_mtd_device+0x4bb/0x700 [<00000000f3d34de7>] mtd_device_parse_register+0x2ac/0x3f0 [<00000000c0d88488>] 0xffffffffa0238457 [<00000000b40d0922>] 0xffffffffa02a008f [<0000000023d17b9d>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<00000000770f6ca6>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000007b6768fe>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<00000000346bed5a>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000674c2290>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<000000004c6a8d97>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 If register device failed, should call put_device() to give up the reference.
Title mtd: Fix device name leak when register device failed in add_mtd_device()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:23.917Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:20:23.760Z

Link: CVE-2022-50566

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:41.420

Modified: 2025-10-22T21:12:48.953

Link: CVE-2022-50566

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50566 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-23T10:07:30Z

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