CVE-2022-50727
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Memory Leak in Linux Kernel efct SCSI Driver Initialization

Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-24

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: efct: Fix possible memleak in efct_device_init() In efct_device_init(), when efct_scsi_reg_fc_transport() fails, efct_scsi_tgt_driver_exit() is not called to release memory for efct_scsi_tgt_driver_init() and causes memleak: unreferenced object 0xffff8881020ce000 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 465, jiffies 4294928222 (age 55.872s) backtrace: [<0000000021a1ef1b>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0x110 [<000000004c3ed51c>] target_register_template+0x4fd/0x7b0 [target_core_mod] [<00000000f3393296>] efct_scsi_tgt_driver_init+0x18/0x50 [efct] [<00000000115de533>] 0xffffffffc0d90011 [<00000000d608f646>] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4e0 [<0000000067828cf1>] do_init_module+0x1cc/0x6a0 ...
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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-24
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2022-50727
EUVD
EUVD-2022-55762
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's efct SCSI driver. Specifically, in the efct_device_init() function, if efct_scsi_reg_fc_transport() fails, the cleanup function efct_scsi_tgt_driver_exit() is not called. This omission causes allocated memory from efct_scsi_tgt_driver_init() to not be released, resulting in a memory leak.

Impact Analysis

The memory leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially degrading system performance or causing resource exhaustion. This could affect system stability, especially on systems that frequently initialize and deinitialize the efct SCSI driver.

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