# CVE-2022-50140: memstick/ms\_block: Fix a memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/ms_block: Fix a memory leak 'erased_blocks_bitmap' is never freed. As it is allocated at the same time as 'used_blocks_bitmap', it is likely that it should be freed also at the same time. Add the corresponding bitmap_free() in msb_data_clear().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd675246aec045507b9425c67b548cc2d782d8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37958980eb4cd71ae594ace093c11b6a91e165e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8b911fe3c3ed788c66edba7c90e32a4a7a5f53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9260a154b3b5e387dbceec7c0ac441470646bc6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/961d7d12080fe70847f944d656e36cd0dd0214ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e07966638717416abf45393d6a80a5a1034429
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39be95d1ff7b44c1e969af72ba9da7332dfcc1da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54eb7a55be6779c4d0c25eaf5056498a28595049

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