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CVE-2022-49869

bnxt_en: Fix possible crash in bnxt_hwrm_set_coal()

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

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

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-05-01 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-02 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-05-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.4 < 5.4.225
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.4 < 5.10.155
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.4 < 5.15.79
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.4 < 6.0.9
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.4 < 6.1
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en
Affected