7.5

CVE-2022-49160: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash during module load unload test

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49160DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49160
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49160 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7
RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:8267SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash during module load unload test During purex packet handling the driver was incorrectly freeing a pre-allocated structure. Fix this by skipping that entry. System crashed with the following stack during a module unload test. Call Trace: sbitmap_init_node+0x7f/0x1e0 sbitmap_queue_init_node+0x24/0x150 blk_mq_init_bitmaps+0x3d/0xa0 blk_mq_init_tags+0x68/0x90 blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs+0x44/0x120 blk_mq_alloc_set_map_and_rqs+0x63/0x150 blk_mq_alloc_tag_set+0x11b/0x230 scsi_add_host_with_dma.cold+0x3f/0x245 qla2x00_probe_one+0xd5a/0x1b80 [qla2xxx] Call Trace with slub_debug and debug kernel: kasan_report_invalid_free+0x50/0x80 __kasan_slab_free+0x137/0x150 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc6/0x190 kfree+0xe8/0x2e0 qla2x00_free_device+0x3bb/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_remove_one+0x668/0xcf0 [qla2xxx]

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-50.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1021.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 62e9dd177732843ae6c5b9d2ed61e7c9538fa276, < 9b7eb92dac240ab3bc83e188d83a3df834b41eb2 | ≥ 62e9dd177732843ae6c5b9d2ed61e7c9538fa276, < 213e57b42537f1a2e5395caa9d7189854133ed12 | ≥ 62e9dd177732843ae6c5b9d2ed61e7c9538fa276, < 67f744f73eba870ab96411d0310e831a4adc3713 | ≥ 62e9dd177732843ae6c5b9d2ed61e7c9538fa276, < 0972252450f90db56dd5415a20e2aec21a08d036 | 5.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.9, < 5.15.54 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.19 | ≥ 5.17, < 5.17.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1

3 vendors · 97 products

References

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