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CISA-2022-48784

CISA-2022-48784 PUBLISHED

Reported by Linux · Published July 16, 2024

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.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinuxea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f
LinuxLinux5.13, 0, 5.15.25
linuxlinux_kernel5.13, 5.13, 5.13
LinuxLinuxea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, 2e4f97122f3a9df870dfe9671994136448890768

Timeline

  • Jul 16, 2024 CVE Published
  • May 4, 2025 CVE Updated

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