# CVE-2022-50769: mmc: mxcmmc: fix return value check of mmc\_add\_host()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.29

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: mxcmmc: fix return value check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, the memory that allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked and it will lead a kernel crash because of deleting not added device in the remove path. So fix this by checking the return value and goto error path which will call mmc_free_host().

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f35c038c9f4d258b3cf77885a2730f1417d63e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cf0c1e58738b97e2de207846105b6a5d46622ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8bdb3fd13d5cd1e86d22fd3f803a742fd88af89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32eb502c972dfc34413c9147418b3d94d870c2b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3904eb97bb78fdca3e16d30a38ce5697b9686110
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d496050ded83b13b16f05e1fc0329b0210d2493
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d37474ab9a79149075f0823315c6d45dd983a78c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ead18bc7cc166220cab5a744a05c5b69431a12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde600af7b413c9fe03e85c58c4279df90e91d13

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