# CVE-2022-49315: drivers: staging: rtl8192e: Fix deadlock in rtllib\_beacons\_stop()

- 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: 3.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: staging: rtl8192e: Fix deadlock in rtllib_beacons_stop() There is a deadlock in rtllib_beacons_stop(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | rtllib_send_beacon() rtllib_beacons_stop() | mod_timer() spin_lock_irqsave() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | rtllib_send_beacon_cb() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irqsave() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold ieee->beacon_lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need ieee->beacon_lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, rtllib_beacons_stop() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_irqsave(), 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/4681129fda9e8555392eaaadb239ec6a6e2b3e12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/381045dc64d23a2229c47c5524c06bfc33d34446
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bacf871c019163ccd1389d0bc957a43324967a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64b05fa212c7e4d057676e8b7e7120c6eb2f615b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f69d7d5e918aa43423d86bd17ddb11b1b5e8ada
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fef451f0fbbe85dbd2962b18379d02e2965610db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c861009bf437a18417df24cea0d181741b7d72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd4c4d5293e4985092ea45ba21cad9326e2e434
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b6bdbd9337de3917945847bde262a34a87a6303

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