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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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= Vulnerable software versions
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