{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-50187","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-06-18T10:57:27.427Z","datePublished":"2025-06-18T11:03:34.265Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:14:28.589Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:14:28.589Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath11k: fix netdev open race\n\nMake sure to allocate resources needed before registering the device.\n\nThis specifically avoids having a racing open() trigger a BUG_ON() in\nmod_timer() when ath11k_mac_op_start() is called before the\nmon_reap_timer as been set up.\n\nI did not see this issue with next-20220310, but I hit it on every probe\nwith next-20220511. Perhaps some timing changed in between.\n\nHere's the backtrace:\n\n[   51.346947] kernel BUG at kernel/time/timer.c:990!\n[   51.346958] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n...\n[   51.578225] Call trace:\n[   51.583293]  __mod_timer+0x298/0x390\n[   51.589518]  mod_timer+0x14/0x20\n[   51.595368]  ath11k_mac_op_start+0x41c/0x4a0 [ath11k]\n[   51.603165]  drv_start+0x38/0x60 [mac80211]\n[   51.610110]  ieee80211_do_open+0x29c/0x7d0 [mac80211]\n[   51.617945]  ieee80211_open+0x60/0xb0 [mac80211]\n[   51.625311]  __dev_open+0x100/0x1c0\n[   51.631420]  __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x210\n[   51.638214]  dev_change_flags+0x24/0x70\n[   51.644646]  do_setlink+0x228/0xdb0\n[   51.650723]  __rtnl_newlink+0x460/0x830\n[   51.657162]  rtnl_newlink+0x4c/0x80\n[   51.663229]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x124/0x390\n[   51.669917]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x130\n[   51.676314]  rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x30\n[   51.682460]  netlink_unicast+0x250/0x310\n[   51.688960]  netlink_sendmsg+0x19c/0x3e0\n[   51.695458]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x220/0x290\n[   51.701938]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0\n[   51.708148]  __sys_sendmsg+0x68/0xd0\n[   51.714254]  __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x28/0x40\n[   51.720900]  invoke_syscall+0x48/0x120\n\nTested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d","lessThan":"a2c45f8c3d18269e641f0c7da2dde47ef8414034","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d","lessThan":"eaff3946a86fc63280a30158a4ae1e141449817c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d","lessThan":"abb7dc8fbb27c15dcc927df56190f3c5ede58bd5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d","lessThan":"307ce58270b3b50ca21cfcc910568429b06803f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d","lessThan":"d4ba1ff87b17e81686ada8f429300876f55f95ad","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.137","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.61","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18.18","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19.2","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.137"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.61"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.18.18"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.19.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2c45f8c3d18269e641f0c7da2dde47ef8414034"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaff3946a86fc63280a30158a4ae1e141449817c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb7dc8fbb27c15dcc927df56190f3c5ede58bd5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/307ce58270b3b50ca21cfcc910568429b06803f7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ba1ff87b17e81686ada8f429300876f55f95ad"}],"title":"ath11k: fix netdev open race","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}