{"id":"CVE-2022-50712","summary":"devlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots","details":"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   \u003cTASK\u003e\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-\u003esnapshot_lock here.","modified":"2026-03-20T12:22:37.237857Z","published":"2025-12-24T12:22:37.676Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1","SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50712.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49383d4e59bb704341aaa1d51440ccce58270e61"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6298cab4d80bfdb6fe01fe31fd9f0ba26317fdae"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4cafb3d2c740f8d1b1234b43ac4a60e5291c960"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50712.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50712"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"2dec18ad826f52658f7781ee995d236cc449b678"},{"fixed":"49383d4e59bb704341aaa1d51440ccce58270e61"},{"fixed":"6298cab4d80bfdb6fe01fe31fd9f0ba26317fdae"},{"fixed":"b4cafb3d2c740f8d1b1234b43ac4a60e5291c960"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50712.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.1.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50712.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}