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CVE-2022-49303
published 2025-02-26

CVE-2022-49303: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192eu: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle There is a…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.17%
6.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192eu: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle There is a deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | _set_timer() rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle()| mod_timer() spin_lock_bh() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | rtw_join_timeout_handler() | _rtw_join_timeout_handler() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_bh() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold pmlmepriv->lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need pmlmepriv->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_bh(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock. What`s more, we change spin_lock_bh() to spin_lock_irq() in _rtw_join_timeout_handler() in order to prevent deadlock.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.18.5-1 (bookworm)linux 5.18.5-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 15865124feed880978b79839c756ef6cbb4ec6b3 < 25cf414b0610fea29d8e045f315648d9007c9a4625cf414b0610fea29d8e045f315648d9007c9a46
linuxlinux>= 15865124feed880978b79839c756ef6cbb4ec6b3 < 0fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba880fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba88
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.18.45.18.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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