# CVE-2022-48705: wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix crash in chip reset fail

> A flaw in the Linux kernel mt7921e WiFi driver causes a system crash during chip reset failures, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 May 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48705, GHSA-whw8-2wcg-hxvj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48705

## What is CVE-2022-48705?

CVE-2022-48705 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix crash in chip reset fail

In case of drv own fail in reset, we may need to run mac_reset several
times. The sequence would trigger system crash as the log below.

Because we do not re-enable/schedule "tx_napi" before disable it again,
the process would keep waiting for state change in napi_diable(). To
avoid the problem and keep status synchronize for each run, goto final
resource handling if drv own failed.

[ 5857.353423] mt7921e 0000:3b:00.0: driver own failed
[ 5858.433427] mt7921e 0000:3b:00.0: Timeout for driver own
[ 5859.633430] mt7921e 0000:3b:00.0: driver own failed
[ 5859.633444] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 5859.633446] WARNING: CPU: 6 at kernel/kthread.c:659 kthread_park+0x11d
[ 5859.633717] Workqueue: mt76 mt7921_mac_reset_work [mt7921_common]
[ 5859.633728] RIP: 0010:kthread_park+0x11d/0x150
[ 5859.633736] RSP: 0018:ffff8881b676fc68 EFLAGS: 00010202
......
[ 5859.633766] Call Trace:
[ 5859.633768]  <TASK>
[ 5859.633771]  mt7921e_mac_reset+0x176/0x6f0 [mt7921e]
[ 5859.633778]  mt7921_mac_reset_work+0x184/0x3a0 [mt7921_common]
[ 5859.633785]  ? mt7921_mac_set_timing+0x520/0x520 [mt7921_common]
[ 5859.633794]  ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20
[ 5859.633802]  process_one_work+0x7ee/0x1320
[ 5859.633810]  worker_thread+0x53c/0x1240
[ 5859.633818]  kthread+0x2b8/0x370
[ 5859.633824]  ? process_one_work+0x1320/0x1320
[ 5859.633828]  ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x30/0x30
[ 5859.633834]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[ 5859.633842]  </TASK>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48705?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48705?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48705 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48705 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48705/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48705/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48705
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48705
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48705

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48705/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.