CVE-2022-50498 — Improper Resource Locking in Linux

CWE-413 — Improper Resource Locking5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: alx: take rtnl_lock on resume Zbynek reports that alx trips an rtnl assertion on resume: RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c (2891) RIP: 0010:netif_set_real_num_tx_queues+0x1ac/0x1c0 Call Trace: __alx_open+0x230/0x570 [alx] alx_resume+0x54/0x80 [alx] ? pci_legacy_resume+0x80/0x80 dpm_run_callback+0x4a/0x150 device_resume+0x8b/0x190 async_resume+0x19/0x30 async_run_entry_fn+0x30/0x130 process_one_work+0x1e5/0x3b0 i…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.14 — 5.15.75+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.3-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux4a5fe57e775188be96359a1934501be45fe5f705 — 6f1991a940b90753b34570f093a21dba366e8cc0+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.3-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2022-50498: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: alx: take rtnl_lock on resume Zbynek reports that alx trips an rtnl assertion↗2025-10-04
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GHSA
GHSA-5v2q-57gf-xr2x: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: alx: take rtnl_lock on resume Zbynek reports that alx trips an rtnl asserti↗2025-10-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: eth: alx: take rtnl_lock on resume↗2025-10-04
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Debian
CVE-2022-50498: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: alx: t...↗2022
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