CVE-2022-48982: Bluetooth: Fix crash when replugging CSR fake controllers

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix crash when replugging CSR fake controllers It seems fake CSR 5.0 clones can cause the suspend notifier to be registered twice causing the following kernel panic: [ 71.986122] Call Trace: [ 71.986124] <TASK> [ 71.986125] blocking_notifier_chain_register+0x33/0x60 [ 71.986130] hci_register_dev+0x316/0x3d0 [bluetooth 99b5497ea3d09708fa1366c1dc03288bf3cca8da] [ 71.986154] btusb_probe+0x979/0xd85 [btusb e1e0605a4f4c01984a4b9c8ac58c3666ae287477] [ 71.986159] ? __pm_runtime_set_status+0x1a9/0x300 [ 71.986162] ? ktime_get_mono_fast_ns+0x3e/0x90 [ 71.986167] usb_probe_interface+0xe3/0x2b0 [ 71.986171] really_probe+0xdb/0x380 [ 71.986174] ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x54/0x90 [ 71.986177] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x170 [ 71.986180] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 71.986183] __device_attach_driver+0x89/0x110 [ 71.986186] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x70/0x70 [ 71.986189] bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xe0 [ 71.986192] __device_attach+0xb2/0x1e0 [ 71.986195] bus_probe_device+0x92/0xb0 [ 71.986198] device_add+0x422/0x9a0 [ 71.986201] ? sysfs_merge_group+0xd4/0x110 [ 71.986205] usb_set_configuration+0x57a/0x820 [ 71.986208] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x4f/0x70 [ 71.986211] usb_probe_device+0x3a/0x110 [ 71.986213] really_probe+0xdb/0x380 [ 71.986216] ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x54/0x90 [ 71.986219] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x170 [ 71.986221] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [ 71.986224] __device_attach_driver+0x89/0x110 [ 71.986227] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x70/0x70 [ 71.986230] bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xe0 [ 71.986232] __device_attach+0xb2/0x1e0 [ 71.986235] bus_probe_device+0x92/0xb0 [ 71.986237] device_add+0x422/0x9a0 [ 71.986239] ? _dev_info+0x7d/0x98 [ 71.986242] ? blake2s_update+0x4c/0xc0 [ 71.986246] usb_new_device.cold+0x148/0x36d [ 71.986250] hub_event+0xa8a/0x1910 [ 71.986255] process_one_work+0x1c4/0x380 [ 71.986259] worker_thread+0x51/0x390 [ 71.986262] ? rescuer_thread+0x3b0/0x3b0 [ 71.986264] kthread+0xdb/0x110 [ 71.986266] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 71.986268] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 71.986273] </TASK> [ 71.986274] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 71.986284] btusb: probe of 2-1.6:1.0 failed with error -17

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 5.10.159; from 5.11 before 5.15.83; from 5.16 before 6.0.13; 6.1-rc1, 6.1-rc2, 6.1-rc3, 6.1-rc4, 6.1-rc5, 6.1-rc6 (+2) — fixed in 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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