devlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots
Netdevsim triggers a splat on reload, when it destroys regions
with snapshots pending:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 787 at net/core/devlink.c:6291 devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140
CPU: 1 PID: 787 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.1.0-07460-g7ae9888d6e1c #580
RIP: 0010:devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140
Call Trace:
<TASK>
devl_region_destroy+0x70/0x140
nsim_dev_reload_down+0x2f/0x60 [netdevsim]
devlink_reload+0x1f7/0x360
devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x6ce/0x860
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x145/0x1c0
This is the locking assert in devlink_region_snapshot_del(),
we're supposed to be holding the region->snapshot_lock here.
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Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots Netdevsim triggers a splat on reload, when it destroys regions with snapshots pending: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 787 at net/core/devlink.c:6291 devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140 CPU: 1 PID: 787 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.1.0-07460-g7ae9888d6e1c #580 RIP: 0010:devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140 Call Trace: <TASK> devl_region_destroy+0x70/0x140 nsim_dev_reload_down+0x2f/0x60 [netdevsim] devlink_reload+0x1f7/0x360 devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x6ce/0x860 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x145/0x1c0 This is the locking assert in devlink_region_snapshot_del(), we're supposed to be holding the region->snapshot_lock here. | |
| Title | devlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:24:03.573Z
Reserved: 2025-12-24T12:20:40.328Z
Link: CVE-2022-50712
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-12-24T13:15:57.060
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2022-50712
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