Bug 2373565 (CVE-2022-49954)

Summary: CVE-2022-49954 kernel: Input: iforce - wake up after clearing IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING flag
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:08:35 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Input: iforce - wake up after clearing IFORCE_XMIT_RUNNING flag

syzbot is reporting hung task at __input_unregister_device() [1], for
iforce_close() waiting at wait_event_interruptible() with dev->mutex held
is blocking input_disconnect_device() from __input_unregister_device().

It seems that the cause is simply that commit c2b27ef672992a20 ("Input:
iforce - wait for command completion when closing the device") forgot to
call wake_up() after clear_bit().

Fix this problem by introducing a helper that calls clear_bit() followed
by wake_up_all().

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-19 11:26:56 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061811-CVE-2022-49954-97f4@gregkh/T