5.5

CVE-2022-49309

drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix deadlock in rtw_surveydone_event_callback()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drivers: staging: rtl8723bs: Fix deadlock in rtw_surveydone_event_callback()

There is a deadlock in rtw_surveydone_event_callback(),
which is shown below:

   (Thread 1)                  |      (Thread 2)
                               | _set_timer()
rtw_surveydone_event_callback()|  mod_timer()
 spin_lock_bh() //(1)          |  (wait a time)
 ...                           | rtw_scan_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_surveydone_event_callback() 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() in
rtw_scan_timeout_handler() to spin_lock_irq(). Otherwise,
spin_lock_bh() will also cause deadlock() in timer handler.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 5.15.47
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.17.15
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.18 < 5.18.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.04% 0.13
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-667 Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.