CVE-2022-50421

HIGH EPSS 4.3%
Published Oct 1, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 1, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.18  –  <5.19.17
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.0  –  <6.0.3

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f20ef7a845c2c8d7ec82ecffa20d95cab5ecfeb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467233a4ac29b215d492843d067a9f091e6bf0c5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef828a39d6a7028836eaf37df3ad568c8c2dd6f9
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f20ef7a845c2c8d7ec82ecffa20d95cab5ecfeb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467233a4ac29b215d492843d067a9f091e6bf0c5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef828a39d6a7028836eaf37df3ad568c8c2dd6f9
    Patch