Kernel crash via premature connection reply event
Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Improper connection-state handling in Linux allows local users to crash the kernel through an incomplete siw RDMA handshake. siw_cm_work_handler reports IW_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REPLY when siw_recv_mpa_rr returns -EAGAIN for a partial MPA reply, causing iw_cm to process the reply state twice. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and an active software-iWARP endpoint; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel BUG and host service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Improper connection-state handling in Linux allows local users to crash the kernel through an incomplete siw RDMA handshake. siw_cm_work_handler reports IW_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REPLY when siw_recv_mpa_rr returns -EAGAIN for a partial MPA reply, causing iw_cm to process the reply state twice. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and an active software-iWARP endpoint; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel BUG and host service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-50136
- Published
- Jun 18, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.3
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <0066246d2d7e2619f3ecf3cf07333c59e6e7d84d
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <11edf0bba15ea9df49478affec7974f351bb2f6e
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <1434de50a5d9dab91c8ce031bc23b3e2178379c5
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <3056fc6c32e613b760422b94c7617ac9a24a4721
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <9ade92ddaf2347fb34298c02080caaa3cdd7c27b
- Affected versionversion=6c52fdc244b5ccc468006fd65a504d4ee33743c7 <f6e26e1a5f600b760dc32135d3fac846eabe09e7
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