In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mmc: sdio: fix possible resource leaks in some error paths
If sdio_add_func() or sdio_init_func() fails, sdio_remove_func() can
not release the resources, because the sdio function is not presented
in these two cases, it won't call of_node_put() or put_device().
To fix these leaks, make sdio_func_present() only control whether
device_del() needs to be called or not, then always call of_node_put()
and put_device().
In error case in sdio_init_func(), the reference of 'card->dev' is
not get, to avoid redundant put in sdio_free_func_cis(), move the
get_device() to sdio_alloc_func() and put_device() to sdio_release_func(),
it can keep the get/put function be balanced.
Without this patch, while doing fault inject test, it can get the
following leak reports, after this fix, the leak is gone.
unreferenced object 0xffff888112514000 (size 2048):
comm "kworker/3:2", pid 65, jiffies 4294741614 (age 124.774s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 e0 6f 12 81 88 ff ff 60 58 8d 06 81 88 ff ff ..o.....`X......
10 40 51 12 81 88 ff ff 10 40 51 12 81 88 ff ff .@Q......@Q.....
backtrace:
[<000000009e5931da>] kmalloc_trace+0x21/0x110
[<000000002f839ccb>] mmc_alloc_card+0x38/0xb0 [mmc_core]
[<0000000004adcbf6>] mmc_sdio_init_card+0xde/0x170 [mmc_core]
[<000000007538fea0>] mmc_attach_sdio+0xcb/0x1b0 [mmc_core]
[<00000000d4fdeba7>] mmc_rescan+0x54a/0x640 [mmc_core]
unreferenced object 0xffff888112511000 (size 2048):
comm "kworker/3:2", pid 65, jiffies 4294741623 (age 124.766s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 40 51 12 81 88 ff ff e0 58 8d 06 81 88 ff ff [email protected]......
10 10 51 12 81 88 ff ff 10 10 51 12 81 88 ff ff ..Q.......Q.....
backtrace:
[<000000009e5931da>] kmalloc_trace+0x21/0x110
[<00000000fcbe706c>] sdio_alloc_func+0x35/0x100 [mmc_core]
[<00000000c68f4b50>] mmc_attach_sdio.cold.18+0xb1/0x395 [mmc_core]
[<00000000d4fdeba7>] mmc_rescan+0x54a/0x640 [mmc_core]
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it