{"cve":"CVE-2022-49936","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:20.450","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:34.453","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: core: Prevent nested device-reset calls\n\nAutomatic kernel fuzzing revealed a recursive locking violation in\nusb-storage:\n\n============================================\nWARNING: possible recursive locking detected\n5.18.0 #3 Not tainted\n--------------------------------------------\nkworker/1:3/1205 is trying to acquire lock:\nffff888018638db8 (&us_interface_key[i]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at:\nusb_stor_pre_reset+0x35/0x40 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:230\n\nbut task is already holding lock:\nffff888018638db8 (&us_interface_key[i]){+.+.}-{3:3}, at:\nusb_stor_pre_reset+0x35/0x40 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:230\n\n...\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 1 PID: 1205 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted 5.18.0 #3\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\n1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\n__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\ndump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106\nprint_deadlock_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2988 [inline]\ncheck_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3031 [inline]\nvalidate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3816 [inline]\n__lock_acquire.cold+0x152/0x3ca kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5053\nlock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5665 [inline]\nlock_acquire+0x1ab/0x520 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5630\n__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]\n__mutex_lock+0x14f/0x1610 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747\nusb_stor_pre_reset+0x35/0x40 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:230\nusb_reset_device+0x37d/0x9a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:6109\nr871xu_dev_remove+0x21a/0x270 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:622\nusb_unbind_interface+0x1bd/0x890 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458\ndevice_remove drivers/base/dd.c:545 [inline]\ndevice_remove+0x11f/0x170 drivers/base/dd.c:537\n__device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1222 [inline]\ndevice_release_driver_internal+0x1a7/0x2f0 drivers/base/dd.c:1248\nusb_driver_release_interface+0x102/0x180 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:627\nusb_forced_unbind_intf+0x4d/0xa0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:1118\nusb_reset_device+0x39b/0x9a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:6114\n\nThis turned out not to be an error in usb-storage but rather a nested\ndevice reset attempt.  That is, as the rtl8712 driver was being\nunbound from a composite device in preparation for an unrelated USB\nreset (that driver does not have pre_reset or post_reset callbacks),\nits ->remove routine called usb_reset_device() -- thus nesting one\nreset call within another.\n\nPerforming a reset as part of disconnect processing is a questionable\npractice at best.  However, the bug report points out that the USB\ncore does not have any protection against nested resets.  Adding a\nreset_in_progress flag and testing it will prevent such errors in the\nfuture.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b29498669914c7f9afb619722421418a753d372","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6d778800b921bde3bff3cff5003d1650f942d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe3cfb7a7c8e907b312c7dbd7bf4d142b745aa8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c548b99e1c37db6f7df86ecfe9a1f895d6c5966e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc9a12e12808af178c600cc485338bac2e37d2a8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49936","score":0.00188,"percentile":0.08451,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}