CVE-2022-49311

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.47, 5.16.0-5.17.15, 5.18.0-5.18.4 - Deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192bs: 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() 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 5.15.47linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.17.15linux
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.4linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 5.15.47 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.17.15 - 5.17.*
Linux/Linux 5.18.4 - 5.18.*
Linux/Linux 5.19
Linux/Linux 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b - 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc
... and 4 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026