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

Description

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

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-49869, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)	3.1	Medium5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	Medium5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

Linux · Linux
- affected 2151fe0830fdb951f8ecfcfe67306fdef2366aa0 – < a5a05fbef4a0dfe45fe03b2f1d02ba23aebf5384
- affected 2151fe0830fdb951f8ecfcfe67306fdef2366aa0 – < 38147073c96dce8c7e142ce0e5f305a420a729ba
- affected 2151fe0830fdb951f8ecfcfe67306fdef2366aa0 – < ac257c43fa615d22180916074feed803b8bb8cb0
- affected 2151fe0830fdb951f8ecfcfe67306fdef2366aa0 – < 7781e32984cde65549bedc3201537e253297c98d
- affected 2151fe0830fdb951f8ecfcfe67306fdef2366aa0 – < 6d81ea3765dfa6c8a20822613c81edad1c4a16a0
Linux · Linux
- affected 5.4
- unaffected < 5.4
- unaffected 5.4.225 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.155 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.79 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.9 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *

References (5)

Sources

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Record last updated 11 May 2026, 19:08 UTC.