CVE-2022-49968

ieee802154/adf7242: defer destroy_workqueue call

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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. runs")

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 4.17.194.17.19 ≤ v < 4.184.18 ≤ v < 4.19.2584.18 ≤ v < 5.10.1424.18 ≤ v < 5.15.664.18 ≤ v < 5.19.84.18 ≤ v < 5.4.2134.18 ≤ v < 6.04.18.1 ≤ v < 4.19.2584.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2135.11 ≤ v < 5.15.665.16 ≤ v < 5.19.85.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1424.17.194.184.18 rc64.18 rc74.18 rc858e9683d14752debc6f22daf6b23e031787df31f6.0 rc16.0 rc26.0 rc3a2363e2d88bf50022ee643c49ee5d4f7e8c915ea
Vendor states this is fixed in 15f3b89bd521d5770d36a61fc04a77c293138ba6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 23a29932715ca43bceb2eae1bdb770995afe7271 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f8558c5c642c62c450c98c99b7d18a709fff485 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in afe7116f6d3b888778ed6d95e3cf724767b9aedf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bed12d7531df1417fc92c691999ff95e03835008 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dede80aaf01f4b6e8657d23726cb4a3da226ec4c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.258 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.66 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.213 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15f3b89bd521d5770d36a61fc04a77c293138ba6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a29932715ca43bceb2eae1bdb770995afe7271
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8558c5c642c62c450c98c99b7d18a709fff485
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afe7116f6d3b888778ed6d95e3cf724767b9aedf
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed12d7531df1417fc92c691999ff95e03835008
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dede80aaf01f4b6e8657d23726cb4a3da226ec4c

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-416

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