# CVE-2022-50135: RDMA/rxe: Fix BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in rxe_qp_do_cleanup

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel RDMA driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via specific error handling paths.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50135, GHSA-jh3v-8g5c-fp73, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50135

## What is CVE-2022-50135?

CVE-2022-50135 is a medium-severity 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/rxe: Fix BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in rxe_qp_do_cleanup

The function rxe_create_qp calls rxe_qp_from_init. If some error
occurs, the error handler of function rxe_qp_from_init will set
both scq and rcq to NULL.

Then rxe_create_qp calls rxe_put to handle qp. In the end,
rxe_qp_do_cleanup is called by rxe_put. rxe_qp_do_cleanup directly
accesses scq and rcq before checking them. This will cause
null-ptr-deref error.

The call graph is as below:

rxe_create_qp {
  ...
  rxe_qp_from_init {
    ...
  err1:
    ...
    qp->rcq = NULL;  <---rcq is set to NULL
    qp->scq = NULL;  <---scq is set to NULL
    ...
  }

qp_init:
  rxe_put{
    ...
    rxe_qp_do_cleanup {
      ...
      atomic_dec(&qp->scq->num_wq); <--- scq is accessed
      ...
      atomic_dec(&qp->rcq->num_wq); <--- rcq is accessed
    }
}

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50135?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50135?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50135 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50135 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50135 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-2022-50135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50135/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50135
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50135
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50135

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