CVE-2022-49925: RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 07c0d131cc0fe1f3981a42958fc52d573d303d89, 6b3d5dcb12347f3518308c2c9d2cf72453a3e1e5, ab817f75e5e0fa58d9be0825da6a7b7d8a1fa1d9.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 07c0d131cc0fe1f3981a42958fc52d573d303d89, 6b3d5dcb12347f3518308c2c9d2cf72453a3e1e5, ab817f75e5e0fa58d9be0825da6a7b7d8a1fa1d9 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup() KASAN reported a null-ptr-deref error: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f] CPU: 1 PID: 379 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) RIP: 0010:destroy_workqueue+0x2f/0x740 RSP: 0018:ffff888016137df8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ... Call Trace: ib_core_cleanup+0xa/0xa1 [ib_core] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x34f/0x5b0 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7fa1a0d221b7 ... It is because the fail of roce_gid_mgmt_init() is ignored: ib_core_init() roce_gid_mgmt_init() gid_cache_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue # fail ... ib_core_cleanup() roce_gid_mgmt_cleanup() destroy_workqueue(gid_cache_wq) # destroy an unallocated wq Fix this by catching the fail of roce_gid_mgmt_init() in ib_core_init().
- Published
- May 1, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel4.3 and later · before 5.4.224
- linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.154
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.78
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.8
- linux linux kernel6.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 4.3affected
- 03db3a2d81e6e84f3ed3cb9e087cae17d762642b and later · before af8fb5a0600e9ae29950e9422a032c3c22649ee5affected · git
- 03db3a2d81e6e84f3ed3cb9e087cae17d762642b and later · before d360e875c011a005628525bf290322058927e7dcaffected · git
- 03db3a2d81e6e84f3ed3cb9e087cae17d762642b and later · before 6b3d5dcb12347f3518308c2c9d2cf72453a3e1e5affected · git
- 03db3a2d81e6e84f3ed3cb9e087cae17d762642b and later · before ab817f75e5e0fa58d9be0825da6a7b7d8a1fa1d9affected · git
- 03db3a2d81e6e84f3ed3cb9e087cae17d762642b and later · before 07c0d131cc0fe1f3981a42958fc52d573d303d89affected · git
- before 4.3not affected · semver
- 5.4.224 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver
- 5.10.154 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
- 5.15.78 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.0.8-1 | 6.0.8-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49923May 1, 2025 · nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send()22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49924May 1, 2025 · nfc: fdp: Fix potential memory leak in fdp_nci_send()22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-49926May 1, 2025 · net: dsa: Fix possible memory leaks in dsa_loop_init()22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 07c0d131cc0fe1f3981a42958fc52d573d303d89 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6b3d5dcb12347f3518308c2c9d2cf72453a3e1e5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ab817f75e5e0fa58d9be0825da6a7b7d8a1fa1d9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | af8fb5a0600e9ae29950e9422a032c3c22649ee5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | d360e875c011a005628525bf290322058927e7dc | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.0.8-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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