CVE-2022-50129 RDMA/srpt: Fix a use-after-free
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel RDMA/srpt driver allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-50129?
CVE-2022-50129 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. 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/srpt: Fix a use-after-free
Change the LIO port members inside struct srpt_port from regular members into pointers. Allocate the LIO port data structures from inside srpt_make_tport() and free these from inside srpt_make_tport(). Keep struct srpt_device as long as either an RDMA port or a LIO target port is associated with it. This patch decouples the lifetime of struct srpt_port (controlled by the RDMA core) and struct srpt_port_id (controlled by LIO). This patch fixes the following KASAN complaint:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in srpt_enable_tpg+0x31/0x70 [ib_srpt] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888141cc34b8 by task check/5093
Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x4e/0x53 dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x66 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xea/0x41e print_report.cold+0x90/0x205 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 __asan_load8+0x69/0x90 srpt_enable_tpg+0x31/0x70 [ib_srpt] target_fabric_tpg_base_enable_store+0xe2/0x140 [target_core_mod] configfs_write_iter+0x18b/0x210 new_sync_write+0x1f2/0x2f0 vfs_write+0x3e3/0x540 ksys_write+0xbb/0x140 __x64_sys_write+0x42/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 </TASK>
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50129?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50129?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2022-50129 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50129 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50129, GHSA-xjxc-h2mp-hqg8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50129.