CVE-2022-50873 vdpa/vp_vdpa: fix kfree a wrong pointer in vp_vdpa_remove
A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by exploiting a wrong pointer free in the vp_vdpa driver, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50873?
CVE-2022-50873 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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:
vdpa/vp_vdpa: fix kfree a wrong pointer in vp_vdpa_remove
In vp_vdpa_remove(), the code kfree(&vp_vdpa_mgtdev->mgtdev.id_table) uses a reference of pointer as the argument of kfree, which is the wrong pointer and then may hit crash like this:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00ffff003363e30c Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP Call trace: rb_next+0x20/0x5c ext4_readdir+0x494/0x5c4 [ext4] iterate_dir+0x168/0x1b4 __se_sys_getdents64+0x68/0x170 __arm64_sys_getdents64+0x24/0x30 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1bc do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94 el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 el0_sync+0x160/0x180 Code: 54000220 f9400441 b4000161 aa0103e0 (f9400821) SMP: stopping secondary CPUs Starting crashdump kernel...
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50873?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50873?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-50873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50873, GHSA-39pj-4mfg-vcvw, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50873.