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CVE-2022-50421

HIGH 7.8

rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint The rpmsg_dev_remove() in rpmsg_core is the place for releasing this default endpoint. So need to avoid destroying the default endpoint in rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_destroy(), this should be the same as rpmsg_eptdev_release(). Otherwise there will be double destroy issue that ept->refcount report warning: refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate+0xf8/0x150 virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept+0xd4/0xec rpmsg_dev_remove+0x60/0x70 The issue can be reproduced by stopping remoteproc before closing the /dev/rpmsgX.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Oct 1, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 < ef828a39d6a7028836eaf37df3ad568c8c2dd6f9 bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 < 3f20ef7a845c2c8d7ec82ecffa20d95cab5ecfeb bea9b79c2d10fecf7bfa26e212ecefe61d232e39 < 467233a4ac29b215d492843d067a9f091e6bf0c5
Linux / Linux
5.18

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef828a39d6a7028836eaf37df3ad568c8c2dd6f9 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f20ef7a845c2c8d7ec82ecffa20d95cab5ecfeb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467233a4ac29b215d492843d067a9f091e6bf0c5