scsi: efct: Fix possible memleak in efct_device_init()
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 ...
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-50727
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 06:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
scsi: efct: Fix possible memleak in efct_device_init()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 24 Dec 2025, 12:22 UTC
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 ...
osv:CVE-2022-50727
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
Complete source record
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