CVE-2022-50005

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.5-5.10.140, 5.11-5.15.64, 5.16-5.19.6 - Use-After-Free in pn532_uart_remove

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by pn532_cmd_timeout When the pn532 uart device is detaching, the pn532_uart_remove() is called. But there are no functions in pn532_uart_remove() that could delete the cmd_timeout timer, which will cause use-after-free bugs. The process is shown below: (thread 1) | (thread 2) | pn532_uart_send_frame pn532_uart_remove | mod_timer(&pn532->cmd_timeout,...) ... | (wait a time) kfree(pn532) //FREE | pn532_cmd_timeout | pn532_uart_send_frame | pn532->... //USE This patch adds del_timer_sync() in pn532_uart_remove() in order to prevent the use-after-free bugs. What's more, the pn53x_unregister_nfc() is well synchronized, it sets nfc_dev->shutting_down to true and there are no syscalls could restart the cmd_timeout timer.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 10.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.64linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.140linux
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 5.10.140 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.64 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.6 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.5
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5 - 2c71f5d55a86fd5969428abf525c1ae6b1c7b0f5
... and 5 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026