mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd()
I got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd():
sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0'
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83
sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70
sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120
kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0
kobject_add+0x98/0x110
device_add+0x179/0xc00
device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100
device_create+0x7b/0xb0
bdi_register_va.part.13+0x58/0x2d0
bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0
init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd]
do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0
do_init_module+0x58/0x222
load_module+0x268e/0x27d0
__do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140
do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
</TASK>
kobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register
things with the same name in the same directory.
Error registering mtd class or bdi: -17
If init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered,
as a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling
bdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2022-55551 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd() I got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd(): sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0' Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83 sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120 kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0 kobject_add+0x98/0x110 device_add+0x179/0xc00 device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100 device_create+0x7b/0xb0 bdi_register_va.part.13+0x58/0x2d0 bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0 init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd] do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0 do_init_module+0x58/0x222 load_module+0x268e/0x27d0 __do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140 do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> kobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Error registering mtd class or bdi: -17 If init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered, as a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling bdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label. |
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd() I got the error report while inject fault in init_mtd(): sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/bdi/mtd-0' Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x67/0x83 sysfs_warn_dup+0x60/0x70 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x109/0x120 kobject_add_internal+0xce/0x2f0 kobject_add+0x98/0x110 device_add+0x179/0xc00 device_create_groups_vargs+0xf4/0x100 device_create+0x7b/0xb0 bdi_register_va.part.13+0x58/0x2d0 bdi_register+0x9b/0xb0 init_mtd+0x62/0x171 [mtd] do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x3c0 do_init_module+0x58/0x222 load_module+0x268e/0x27d0 __do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140 do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> kobject_add_internal failed for mtd-0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. Error registering mtd class or bdi: -17 If init_mtdchar() fails in init_mtd(), mtd_bdi will not be unregistered, as a result, we can't load the mtd module again, to fix this by calling bdi_unregister(mtd_bdi) after out_procfs label. | |
| Title | mtd: core: fix possible resource leak in init_mtd() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:16:43.472Z
Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.812Z
Link: CVE-2022-50304
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:41.953
Modified: 2025-12-04T15:31:23.977
Link: CVE-2022-50304
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