# drivers: staging: rtl8192bs: Fix deadlock in rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle()

CVE record · `CVE-2022-49311`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-49311`
- **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: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 1f6c99b94ca3caad346876b3e22e3ca3d25bc8ee` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before eca9748d9267a38d532464e3305a38629e9c35a9` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.12`
  - unaffected: `before 4.12` (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 9th percentile, on 6 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-2022-49311](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49311)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-49311](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49311)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae60744d5fad840b9d056d35b4b652d95e755846>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6c99b94ca3caad346876b3e22e3ca3d25bc8ee>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eca9748d9267a38d532464e3305a38629e9c35a9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041879b12ddb0c6c83ed9c0bdd10dc82a056f2fc>

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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