{"cve":"CVE-2022-49869","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:11.830","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:21.963","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Fix possible crash in bnxt_hwrm_set_coal()\n\nDuring the error recovery sequence, the rtnl_lock is not held for the\nentire duration and some datastructures may be freed during the sequence.\nCheck for the BNXT_STATE_OPEN flag instead of netif_running() to ensure\nthat the device is fully operational before proceeding to reconfigure\nthe coalescing settings.\n\nThis will fix a possible crash like this:\n\nBUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 10 PID: 181276 Comm: ethtool Kdump: loaded Tainted: G          IOE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 #1\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0F9N89, BIOS 2.3.10 08/15/2019\nRIP: 0010:bnxt_hwrm_set_coal+0x1fb/0x2a0 [bnxt_en]\nCode: c2 66 83 4e 22 08 66 89 46 1c e8 10 cb 00 00 41 83 c6 01 44 39 b3 68 01 00 00 0f 8e a3 00 00 00 48 8b 93 c8 00 00 00 49 63 c6 <48> 8b 2c c2 48 8b 85 b8 02 00 00 48 85 c0 74 2e 48 8b 74 24 08 f6\nRSP: 0018:ffffb11c8dcaba50 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8d168a8b0ac0 RCX: 00000000000000c5\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8d162f72c000 RDI: ffff8d168a8b0b28\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: b6e1f68a12e9a7eb R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000037 R12: ffff8d168a8b109c\nR13: ffff8d168a8b10aa R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffc01ac4e0\nFS:  00007f3852e4c740(0000) GS:ffff8d24c0080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000041b3ee003 CR4: 00000000007706e0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n ethnl_set_coalesce+0x3ce/0x4c0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150\n genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160\n ? coalesce_fill_reply+0x480/0x480\n genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90\n ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120\n genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230\n netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0\n sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50\n __sys_sendto+0xee/0x160\n ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0\n ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x249/0x2a0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca\nRIP: 0033:0x7f38524163bb","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38147073c96dce8c7e142ce0e5f305a420a729ba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d81ea3765dfa6c8a20822613c81edad1c4a16a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7781e32984cde65549bedc3201537e253297c98d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5a05fbef4a0dfe45fe03b2f1d02ba23aebf5384","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac257c43fa615d22180916074feed803b8bb8cb0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49869","score":0.00217,"percentile":0.12177,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}