CVE-2022-49305
26.02.2025, 07:01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192u: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_beacons_stop() There is a deadlock in ieee80211_beacons_stop(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | ieee80211_send_beacon() ieee80211_beacons_stop() | mod_timer() spin_lock_irqsave() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | ieee80211_send_beacon_cb() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irqsave() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold ieee->beacon_lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need ieee->beacon_lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, ieee80211_beacons_stop() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_irqsave(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock.Enginsight
Vendor | Product | Version |
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linux | linux_kernel | 𝑥 < 4.19.247 |
linux | linux_kernel | 4.20 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.4.198 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.5 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.122 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.47 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.17.15 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.18 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.18.4 |
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