CVE-2022-49869 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Fix possible crash in bnxt_hwrm_set_coal() During the error recovery sequence, the rtnl_lock is not held for the entire duration and some datastructures may be freed during the sequence. Check for the BNXT_STATE_OPEN flag instead of netif_running() to ensure that the device is fully operational before proceeding to reconfigure the coalescing settings. This will fix a possible crash like this: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 10 PID: 181276 Comm: ethtool Kdump: loaded Tainted: G IOE --------- - - 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0F9N89, BIOS 2.3.10 08/15/2019 RIP: 0010:bnxt_hwrm_set_coal+0x1fb/0x2a0 [bnxt_en] Code: 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 RSP: 0018:ffffb11c8dcaba50 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8d168a8b0ac0 RCX: 00000000000000c5 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8d162f72c000 RDI: ffff8d168a8b0b28 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: b6e1f68a12e9a7eb R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000037 R12: ffff8d168a8b109c R13: ffff8d168a8b10aa R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffc01ac4e0 FS: 00007f3852e4c740(0000) GS:ffff8d24c0080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000041b3ee003 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: ethnl_set_coalesce+0x3ce/0x4c0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x10f/0x150 genl_family_rcv_msg+0xb3/0x160 ? coalesce_fill_reply+0x480/0x480 genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x160/0x160 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230 netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0 sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50 __sys_sendto+0xee/0x160 ? syscall_trace_enter+0x1d3/0x2c0 ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x249/0x2a0 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca RIP: 0033:0x7f38524163bb

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-02-25	0.03%	0.05%	+0.02%
2	2025-09-27	0.05%	0.03%	-0.02%
3	2025-07-08	—	0.05%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-02-25

0.03%

0.05%

+0.02%

2025-09-27

0.05%

0.03%

-0.02%

2025-07-08

—

0.05%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49869

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-49869 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49869
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49869
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49869/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49869 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 146, released 138, not-affected 121, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49869

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49869

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.4, < 5.4.225	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.5, < 5.10.155	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.79	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 6.0.9	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4::::::

References for CVE-2022-49869

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38147073c96dce8c7e142ce0e5f305a420a729ba	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d81ea3765dfa6c8a20822613c81edad1c4a16a0	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7781e32984cde65549bedc3201537e253297c98d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5a05fbef4a0dfe45fe03b2f1d02ba23aebf5384	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac257c43fa615d22180916074feed803b8bb8cb0	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49869 | bnxt_en: Fix possible crash in bnxt_hwrm_set_coal()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49869

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49869

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49869

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49869

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49869

References for CVE-2022-49869