# CVE-2022-49313: drivers: usb: host: Fix deadlock in oxu\_bus\_suspend()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.29

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: usb: host: Fix deadlock in oxu_bus_suspend() There is a deadlock in oxu_bus_suspend(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | timer_action() oxu_bus_suspend() | mod_timer() spin_lock_irq() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | oxu_watchdog() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irq() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold oxu->lock in position (1) of thread 1, and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need oxu->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, oxu_bus_suspend() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_irq(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b58d255f27b0ed6a2e43208960864d67579db58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d380188bde8900c3f604e82b56572896499124
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8242044c91cafbba9e320b0fb31abf2429a3221
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dcec0bc142be2096af71a5703d63237127db204
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffe9440d698274c6462d2e304562c6ddfc8c84df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d888753872190abd18f68a7d77b9c7c367f0a7ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4187b291a76664a3c03d3f0d9bfadc8322881868
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b97aae8b43b718314012e8170b7e03dbfd2e7677
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d378f2ae58138d4c55684e1d274e7dd94aa6524

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