Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50166

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111574

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50166

CWE-ID: CWE-667

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the handle_cmd_cnt_and_timer() function in net/bluetooth/hci_event.c, within the hci_dev_do_reset() and hci_cmd_work() functions in net/bluetooth/hci_core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b382555706558f5c0587862b6dc03e96a252bba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf367fa1fefabdf14938d0ac9ed60020389112e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/877afadad2dce8aae1f2aad8ce47e072d4f6165e
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0

• Improper locking in Linux kernel net bluetooth
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel