Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-50666
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: Fix QP destroy to wait for all references dropped. Delay QP destroy completion until all siw references to QP are dropped. The calling RDMA core will free QP structure after successful return from siw_qp_destroy() call, so siw must not hold any remaining reference to the QP upon return. A use-after-free was encountered in xfstest generic/460, while testing NFSoRDMA. Here, after a TCP connection drop by peer, the triggered siw_cm_work_handler got delayed until after QP destroy call, referencing a QP which has already freed.
EPSS: 0.002 (12.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 303ae1cdfdf7280ff4cfbbe65563b5ff15bb025b, 5.3, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50666?
- CVE-2022-50666 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50666?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.