vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-49303): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Description
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.
Solution
References
- CVE-2022-49303
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-49303
- CWE-667
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/0fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba88
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fcddf9c7c10202946d5b19409efbdff744fba88
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cf414b0610fea29d8e045f315648d9007c9a46
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49303
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