{"cve":"CVE-2022-50498","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-04T16:15:46.907","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:40.337","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neth: alx: take rtnl_lock on resume\n\nZbynek reports that alx trips an rtnl assertion on resume:\n\n RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (2891)\n RIP: 0010:netif_set_real_num_tx_queues+0x1ac/0x1c0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  __alx_open+0x230/0x570 [alx]\n  alx_resume+0x54/0x80 [alx]\n  ? pci_legacy_resume+0x80/0x80\n  dpm_run_callback+0x4a/0x150\n  device_resume+0x8b/0x190\n  async_resume+0x19/0x30\n  async_run_entry_fn+0x30/0x130\n  process_one_work+0x1e5/0x3b0\n\nindeed the driver does not hold rtnl_lock during its internal close\nand re-open functions during suspend/resume. Note that this is not\na huge bug as the driver implements its own locking, and does not\nimplement changing the number of queues, but we need to silence\nthe splat.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad1c94e1e7e374d88f0cfd77936dddb8339aaba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f1991a940b90753b34570f093a21dba366e8cc0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a845a0c4bdece2c0073ecea2fca7c4d5f0550f78","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0323c0fd07804d5874699e93f935cda0d989c67"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50498","score":0.00159,"percentile":0.05023,"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."]}