CVE-2022-49968
ieee802154/adf7242: defer destroy_workqueue call
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.0 High
- Published
- Jun 18, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 18, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ieee802154/adf7242: defer destroy_workqueue call
There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below
(FREE) | (USE) adf7242_remove | adf7242_channel cancel_delayed_work_sync | destroy_workqueue (1) | adf7242_cmd_rx | mod_delayed_work (2) |
The root cause for this race is that the upper layer (ieee802154) is unaware of this detaching event and the function adf7242_channel can be called without any checks.
To fix this, we can add a flag write at the beginning of adf7242_remove and add flag check in adf7242_channel. Or we can just defer the destructive operation like other commit 3e0588c291d6 ("hamradio: defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev") which let the ieee802154_unregister_hw() to handle the synchronization. This patch takes the second option.
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Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dede80aaf01f4b6e8657d23726cb4a3da226ec4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed12d7531df1417fc92c691999ff95e03835008
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a29932715ca43bceb2eae1bdb770995afe7271
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8558c5c642c62c450c98c99b7d18a709fff485
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15f3b89bd521d5770d36a61fc04a77c293138ba6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afe7116f6d3b888778ed6d95e3cf724767b9aedf
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