# CVE-2022-50886: mmc: toshsd: fix return value check of mmc\_add\_host()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: toshsd: 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(), besides, free_irq() also needs be called.

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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/34ae492f8d172f0bd193c24cad588b35419ea47a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3329e7b7132ca727263fb0ee214cf52cc6dcaaad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f6cb1c685f9e20a4a9fa565e442f5af4dad70ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb69a0242c31ea4c9eee22b1c41b515fe509a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aabbedcb6c9a72d12d35dc672e83f0c8064d8a61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6444079767b68b1fbed0e7668081146e80dcb719
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/647e370dd0ef7e212d8d014bda748e461eab2e8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd77b194c94aefbde4efc30ddf8607dd9244672
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f670744a316ea983113a65313dcd387b5a992444

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