# CVE-2022-48925: RDMA/cma: Do not change route.addr.src_addr outside state checks

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel RDMA subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted RDMA operations.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48925, GHSA-3r8w-q925-6wvv, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48925

## What is CVE-2022-48925?

CVE-2022-48925 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

RDMA/cma: Do not change route.addr.src_addr outside state checks

If the state is not idle then resolve_prepare_src() should immediately
fail and no change to global state should happen. However, it
unconditionally overwrites the src_addr trying to build a temporary any
address.

For instance if the state is already RDMA_CM_LISTEN then this will corrupt
the src_addr and would cause the test in cma_cancel_operation():

           if (cma_any_addr(cma_src_addr(id_priv)) && !id_priv->cma_dev)

Which would manifest as this trace from syzkaller:

  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_add_valid+0x93/0xa0 lib/list_debug.c:26
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881546491e0 by task syz-executor.1/32204

  CPU: 1 PID: 32204 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc8-syzkaller #0
  Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
  Call Trace:
   __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:79 [inline]
   dump_stack+0x141/0x1d7 lib/dump_stack.c:120
   print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x5b/0x2f8 mm/kasan/report.c:232
   __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:399 [inline]
   kasan_report.cold+0x7c/0xd8 mm/kasan/report.c:416
   __list_add_valid+0x93/0xa0 lib/list_debug.c:26
   __list_add include/linux/list.h:67 [inline]
   list_add_tail include/linux/list.h:100 [inline]
   cma_listen_on_all drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c:2557 [inline]
   rdma_listen+0x787/0xe00 drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c:3751
   ucma_listen+0x16a/0x210 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:1102
   ucma_write+0x259/0x350 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:1732
   vfs_write+0x28e/0xa30 fs/read_write.c:603
   ksys_write+0x1ee/0x250 fs/read_write.c:658
   do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

This is indicating that an rdma_id_private was destroyed without doing
cma_cancel_listens().

Instead of trying to re-use the src_addr memory to indirectly create an
any address derived from the dst build one explicitly on the stack and
bind to that as any other normal flow would do. rdma_bind_addr() will copy
it over the src_addr once it knows the state is valid.

This is similar to commit bc0bdc5afaa7 ("RDMA/cma: Do not change
route.addr.src_addr.ss_family")

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48925?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48925 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-2022-48925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48925 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48925 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-2022-48925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48925

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