{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-50005", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-06-18T10:57:27.388Z", "datePublished": "2025-06-18T11:01:10.610Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:10:53.002Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:10:53.002Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: pn533: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by pn532_cmd_timeout\n\nWhen the pn532 uart device is detaching, the pn532_uart_remove()\nis called. But there are no functions in pn532_uart_remove() that\ncould delete the cmd_timeout timer, which will cause use-after-free\nbugs. The process is shown below:\n\n (thread 1) | (thread 2)\n | pn532_uart_send_frame\npn532_uart_remove | mod_timer(&pn532->cmd_timeout,...)\n ... | (wait a time)\n kfree(pn532) //FREE | pn532_cmd_timeout\n | pn532_uart_send_frame\n | pn532->... //USE\n\nThis patch adds del_timer_sync() in pn532_uart_remove() in order to\nprevent the use-after-free bugs. What's more, the pn53x_unregister_nfc()\nis well synchronized, it sets nfc_dev->shutting_down to true and there\nare no syscalls could restart the cmd_timeout timer." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5", "lessThan": "50403ee6daddf0d7a14e9d3b51a377c39a08ec8c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5", "lessThan": "9c34c33893db7a80d0e4b55c23d3b65e29609cfb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5", "lessThan": "2c71f5d55a86fd5969428abf525c1ae6b1c7b0f5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5", "lessThan": "f1e941dbf80a9b8bab0bffbc4cbe41cc7f4c6fb6", "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/nfc/pn533/uart.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.5", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.140", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.64", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.19.6", "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": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.140" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.64" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "5.19.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50403ee6daddf0d7a14e9d3b51a377c39a08ec8c" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c34c33893db7a80d0e4b55c23d3b65e29609cfb" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c71f5d55a86fd5969428abf525c1ae6b1c7b0f5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e941dbf80a9b8bab0bffbc4cbe41cc7f4c6fb6" } ], "title": "nfc: pn533: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by pn532_cmd_timeout", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }