CVE-2022-50421

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.18-5.19.16, 5.20-6.0.2, 6.1 - Use-After-Free in RPMSG Character Device Endpoint Destruction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint The rpmsg_dev_remove() in rpmsg_core is the place for releasing this default endpoint. So need to avoid destroying the default endpoint in rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(), this should be the same as rpmsg_eptdev_release(). Otherwise there will be double destroy issue that ept->refcount report warning: refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0xf8/0x150 virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept+0xd4/0xec rpmsg_dev_remove+0x60/0x70 The issue can be reproduced by stopping remoteproc before closing the /dev/rpmsgX.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.19.17 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.3 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 - 3f20ef7a845c2c8d7ec82ecffa20d95cab5ecfeb
Linux/Linux bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 - 467233a4ac29b215d492843d067a9f091e6bf0c5
Linux/Linux bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 - ef828a39d6a7028836eaf37df3ad568c8c2dd6f9
... and 1 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026