CVE-2022-50833

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in Bluetooth Workqueue Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: use hdev->workqueue when queuing hdev->{cmd,ncmd}_timer works syzbot is reporting attempt to schedule hdev->cmd_work work from system_wq WQ into hdev->workqueue WQ which is under draining operation [1], for commit c8efcc2589464ac7 ("workqueue: allow chained queueing during destruction") does not allow such operation. The check introduced by commit 877afadad2dce8aa ("Bluetooth: When HCI work queue is drained, only queue chained work") was incomplete. Use hdev->workqueue WQ when queuing hdev->{cmd,ncmd}_timer works because hci_{cmd,ncmd}_timeout() calls queue_work(hdev->workqueue). Also, protect the queuing operation with RCU read lock in order to avoid calling queue_delayed_work() after cancel_delayed_work() completed.

Scores

EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.8%

Details

Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel < 5.19.15linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.1linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 3b382555706558f5c0587862b6dc03e96a252bba - c4635cf3d845a7324c25c52d549b70c8bd7ad4c7
Linux/Linux 4bf367fa1fefabdf14938d0ac9ed60020389112e
Linux/Linux 5.18.18 - 5.19
Linux/Linux 5.19.15 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.2 - 5.19.15
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0.1 - 6.0.*
... and 3 more
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026