# drivers: staging: rtl8192u: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_beacons_stop()

CVE record · `CVE-2022-49305`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-49305`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 26 Feb 2025, 02:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before b465bb2ebf666116c1ac745cb80c65154dc0d27e` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before 1fbe033c52480f7954c057510040fa6286c4ea25` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before 66f769762f65d957f688f3258755c6ec410bf710` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before 042915c1bfedd684c1d98a841794ee203200571a` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before ffc9cab7243f8151be37966301307bfd3cda2db3` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before b34cb54923a6e5ddefbaf358c85c922c6ab456e2` (git)
  - affected: `8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 to before 806c7b53414934ba2a39449b31fd1a038e500273` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.33`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.33` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.247 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.198 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.122 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.47 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.17.15 to 5.17.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.18.4 to 5.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.19 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0020, the 10th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 26 Feb 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-49305](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49305)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-49305](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49305)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b465bb2ebf666116c1ac745cb80c65154dc0d27e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fbe033c52480f7954c057510040fa6286c4ea25>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f769762f65d957f688f3258755c6ec410bf710>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/042915c1bfedd684c1d98a841794ee203200571a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffc9cab7243f8151be37966301307bfd3cda2db3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b34cb54923a6e5ddefbaf358c85c922c6ab456e2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/806c7b53414934ba2a39449b31fd1a038e500273>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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