CVE-2022-50421

rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint

High · published October 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00161 · 4.9th percentile
Published
2025-10-01T11:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 11:41Z
    rpmsg: char: Avoid double destroy of default endpoint
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