# CVE-2022-49200: Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Fix kernel oops in btmtksdio_interrupt

> A race condition in the Linux kernel Bluetooth driver causes a null pointer dereference, leading to a kernel oops 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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49200, GHSA-99v9-h89c-34wf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49200

## What is CVE-2022-49200?

CVE-2022-49200 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:

Bluetooth: btmtksdio: Fix kernel oops in btmtksdio_interrupt

Fix the following kernel oops in btmtksdio_interrrupt

[   14.339134]  btmtksdio_interrupt+0x28/0x54
[   14.339139]  process_sdio_pending_irqs+0x68/0x1a0
[   14.339144]  sdio_irq_work+0x40/0x70
[   14.339154]  process_one_work+0x184/0x39c
[   14.339160]  worker_thread+0x228/0x3e8
[   14.339168]  kthread+0x148/0x3ac
[   14.339176]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

That happened because hdev->power_on is already called before
sdio_set_drvdata which btmtksdio_interrupt handler relies on is not
properly set up.

The details are shown as the below: hci_register_dev would run
queue_work(hdev->req_workqueue, &hdev->power_on) as WQ_HIGHPRI
workqueue_struct to complete the power-on sequeunce and thus hci_power_on
may run before sdio_set_drvdata is done in btmtksdio_probe.

The hci_dev_do_open in hci_power_on would initialize the device and enable
the interrupt and thus it is possible that btmtksdio_interrupt is being
called right before sdio_set_drvdata is filled out.

When btmtksdio_interrupt is being called and sdio_set_drvdata is not filled
, the kernel oops is going to happen because btmtksdio_interrupt access an
uninitialized pointer.

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49200?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49200?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49200 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49200 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49200 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49200 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-2022-49200 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-2022-49200/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49200/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49200
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49200
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49200

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49200/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.