# CVE-2022-49123: ath11k: Fix frames flush failure caused by deadlock > A deadlock in the ath11k Wi-Fi driver causes management frame flush failures, leading to system hangs and 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:** 26 Feb 2025 - **Updated:** 12 Aug 2026 - **Also known as:** GHSA-26p5-hwvm-hf8m, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49123, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49123, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49123 ## What is CVE-2022-49123? CVE-2022-49123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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: ath11k: Fix frames flush failure caused by deadlock We are seeing below warnings: kernel: [25393.301506] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to flush mgmt transmit queue 0 kernel: [25398.421509] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to flush mgmt transmit queue 0 kernel: [25398.421831] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: dropping mgmt frame for vdev 0, is_started 0 this means ath11k fails to flush mgmt. frames because wmi_mgmt_tx_work has no chance to run in 5 seconds. By setting /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs to 20 and increasing ATH11K_FLUSH_TIMEOUT to 50 we get below warnings: kernel: [ 120.763160] INFO: task wpa_supplicant:924 blocked for more than 20 seconds. kernel: [ 120.763169] Not tainted 5.10.90 #12 kernel: [ 120.763177] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. kernel: [ 120.763186] task:wpa_supplicant state:D stack: 0 pid: 924 ppid: 1 flags:0x000043a0 kernel: [ 120.763201] Call Trace: kernel: [ 120.763214] __schedule+0x785/0x12fa kernel: [ 120.763224] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe2/0x1bb kernel: [ 120.763242] schedule+0x7e/0xa1 kernel: [ 120.763253] schedule_timeout+0x98/0xfe kernel: [ 120.763266] ? run_local_timers+0x4a/0x4a kernel: [ 120.763291] ath11k_mac_flush_tx_complete+0x197/0x2b1 [ath11k 13c3a9bf37790f4ac8103b3decf7ab4008ac314a] kernel: [ 120.763306] ? init_wait_entry+0x2e/0x2e kernel: [ 120.763343] __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x167/0x21f [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763378] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x105/0x125 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763411] ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x14/0x27 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763441] ieee80211_free_chanctx+0x77/0xa2 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763473] __ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x100/0x131 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763540] ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x66/0x81 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763572] ieee80211_destroy_auth_data+0xa3/0xe6 [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763612] ieee80211_mgd_deauth+0x178/0x29b [mac80211 335da900954f1c5ea7f1613d92088ce83342042c] kernel: [ 120.763654] cfg80211_mlme_deauth+0x1a8/0x22c [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be] kernel: [ 120.763697] nl80211_deauthenticate+0xfa/0x123 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be] kernel: [ 120.763715] genl_rcv_msg+0x392/0x3c2 kernel: [ 120.763750] ? nl80211_associate+0x432/0x432 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be] kernel: [ 120.763782] ? nl80211_associate+0x432/0x432 [cfg80211 8945aa5bc2af5f6972336665d8ad6f9c191ad5be] kernel: [ 120.763802] ? genl_rcv+0x36/0x36 kernel: [ 120.763814] netlink_rcv_skb+0x89/0xf7 kernel: [ 120.763829] genl_rcv+0x28/0x36 kernel: [ 120.763840] netlink_unicast+0x179/0x24b kernel: [ 120.763854] netlink_sendmsg+0x393/0x401 kernel: [ 120.763872] sock_sendmsg+0x72/0x76 kernel: [ 120.763886] ____sys_sendmsg+0x170/0x1e6 kernel: [ 120.763897] ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x7a/0xa2 kernel: [ 120.763914] ___sys_sendmsg+0x95/0xd1 kernel: [ 120.763940] __sys_sendmsg+0x85/0xbf kernel: [ 120.763956] do_syscall_64+0x43/0x55 kernel: [ 120.763966] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 kernel: [ 120.763977] RIP: 0033:0x79089f3fcc83 kernel: [ 120.763986] RSP: 002b:00007ffe604f0508 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e kernel: [ 120.763997] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000059b40e987690 RCX: 000079089f3fcc83 kernel: [ 120.764006] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffe604f0558 RDI: 0000000000000009 kernel: [ 120.764014] RBP: 00007ffe604f0540 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000400000 kernel: [ 120.764023] R10: 00007ffe604f0638 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000059b40ea04980 kernel: [ 120.764032] R13: 00007ffe604 ---truncated--- Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49123? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-49123? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-49123 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49123 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-2022-49123 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-49123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49123 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-2022-49123/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49123/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49123 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49123 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49123 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49123/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.