# CVE-2022-48692: RDMA/srp: Set scmnd->result only when scmnd is not NULL

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel RDMA/SRP driver can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch to resolve.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48692, GHSA-8f75-3hj9-pj4p, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48692

## What is CVE-2022-48692?

CVE-2022-48692 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/srp: Set scmnd->result only when scmnd is not NULL

This change fixes the following kernel NULL pointer dereference
which is reproduced by blktests srp/007 occasionally.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000170
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1H Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1+ #37
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.15.0-29-g6a62e0cb0dfe-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue:  0x0 (kblockd)
RIP: 0010:srp_recv_done+0x176/0x500 [ib_srp]
Code: 00 4d 85 ff 0f 84 52 02 00 00 48 c7 82 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 4c 89 df 4c 89 14 24 e8 53 d3 4a f6 4c 8b 14 24 41 0f b6 42 13 <41> 89 87 70 01 00 00 41 0f b6 52 12 f6 c2 02 74 44 41 8b 42 1c b9
RSP: 0018:ffffaef7c0003e28 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9bc9486dea60 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000102 RSI: ffffffffb76bbd0e RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffff9bc980099a00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffff9bca53ef0000 R11: ffff9bc980099a10 R12: ffff9bc956e14000
R13: ffff9bc9836b9cb0 R14: ffff9bc9557b4480 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9bc97ec00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000170 CR3: 0000000007e04000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __ib_process_cq+0xb7/0x280 [ib_core]
 ib_poll_handler+0x2b/0x130 [ib_core]
 irq_poll_softirq+0x93/0x150
 __do_softirq+0xee/0x4b8
 irq_exit_rcu+0xf7/0x130
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xc0
 </IRQ>

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48692?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48692?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48692 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48692 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48692
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48692
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48692

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.