Local privilege escalation via RDMA state corruption
Published Aug 22, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in Linux kernel RDMA/cma allows local users to gain kernel privileges through crafted RDMA connection-manager commands. resolve_prepare_src() overwrites route.addr.src_addr before confirming that the connection state is idle, leaving a freed rdma_id_private linked on listen_any_list. An unprivileged user with local access to /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm can disclose kernel memory, corrupt kernel control flow, or panic the host.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Linux kernel RDMA/cma allows local users to gain kernel privileges through crafted RDMA connection-manager commands. resolve_prepare_src() overwrites route.addr.src_addr before confirming that the connection state is idle, leaving a freed rdma_id_private linked on listen_any_list. An unprivileged user with local access to /dev/infiniband/rdma_cm can disclose kernel memory, corrupt kernel control flow, or panic the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48925
- Published
- Aug 22, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.10
- Affected versionversion=732d41c545bb359cbb8c94698bdc1f8bcf82279c <00265efbd3e5705038c9492a434fda8cf960c8a2
- Affected versionversion=732d41c545bb359cbb8c94698bdc1f8bcf82279c <22e9f71072fa605cbf033158db58e0790101928d
- Affected versionversion=732d41c545bb359cbb8c94698bdc1f8bcf82279c <5b1cef5798b4fd6e4fd5522e7b8a26248beeacaa
- Affected versionversion=732d41c545bb359cbb8c94698bdc1f8bcf82279c <d350724795c7a48b05bf921d94699fbfecf7da0b
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