{"cve":"CVE-2022-50712","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:15:57.060","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:02.963","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndevlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots\n\nNetdevsim triggers a splat on reload, when it destroys regions\nwith snapshots pending:\n\n  WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 787 at net/core/devlink.c:6291 devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140\n  CPU: 1 PID: 787 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.1.0-07460-g7ae9888d6e1c #580\n  RIP: 0010:devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   devl_region_destroy+0x70/0x140\n   nsim_dev_reload_down+0x2f/0x60 [netdevsim]\n   devlink_reload+0x1f7/0x360\n   devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x6ce/0x860\n   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x145/0x1c0\n\nThis is the locking assert in devlink_region_snapshot_del(),\nwe're supposed to be holding the region->snapshot_lock here.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49383d4e59bb704341aaa1d51440ccce58270e61","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6298cab4d80bfdb6fe01fe31fd9f0ba26317fdae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4cafb3d2c740f8d1b1234b43ac4a60e5291c960"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50712","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14529,"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."]}