# CVE-2022-50543: RDMA/rxe: Fix mr->map double free

> A double free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's RDMA/rxe driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via memory corruption.

- **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:** 7 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50543, GHSA-rjw2-5698-2f3h, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50543

## What is CVE-2022-50543?

CVE-2022-50543 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 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 mr->map double free

rxe_mr_cleanup() which tries to free mr->map again will be called when
rxe_mr_init_user() fails:

   CPU: 0 PID: 4917 Comm: rdma_flush_serv Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-roce-flush+ #25
   Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
   Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5d
    panic+0x19e/0x349
    end_report.part.0+0x54/0x7c
    kasan_report.cold+0xa/0xf
    rxe_mr_cleanup+0x9d/0xf0 [rdma_rxe]
    __rxe_cleanup+0x10a/0x1e0 [rdma_rxe]
    rxe_reg_user_mr+0xb7/0xd0 [rdma_rxe]
    ib_uverbs_reg_mr+0x26a/0x480 [ib_uverbs]
    ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INVOKE_WRITE+0x1a2/0x250 [ib_uverbs]
    ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1397/0x15a0 [ib_uverbs]

This issue was firstly exposed since commit b18c7da63fcb ("RDMA/rxe: Fix
memory leak in error path code") and then we fixed it in commit
8ff5f5d9d8cf ("RDMA/rxe: Prevent double freeing rxe_map_set()") but this
fix was reverted together at last by commit 1e75550648da (Revert
"RDMA/rxe: Create duplicate mapping tables for FMRs")

Simply let rxe_mr_cleanup() always handle freeing the mr->map once it is
successfully allocated.

Weakness: CWE-415 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50543?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50543?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50543 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50543 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 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-2022-50543 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-2022-50543/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50543/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50543
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50543
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50543

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