CVE-2022-48784

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cfg80211: fix race in netlink owner interface destruction My previous fix here to fix the deadlock left a race where the exact same deadlock (see the original commit referenced below) can still happen if cfg80211_destroy_ifaces() already runs while nl80211_netlink_notify() is still marking some interfaces as nl_owner_dead. The race happens because we have two loops here - first we dev_close() all the netdevs, and then we destroy them. If we also have two netdevs (first one need only be a wdev though) then we can find one during the first iteration, close it, and go to the second iteration -- but then find two, and try to destroy also the one we didn't close yet. Fix this by only iterating once.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 16, 2024
First seenJul 16, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.15.25, 5.16.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.12.1 ≤ v < 5.15.25, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.16.11, 5.175.15.25, 5.16.11

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