5.5

CVE-2022-49986: scsi: storvsc: Remove WQ_MEM_RECLAIM from storvsc_error_wq

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49986DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49986
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49986 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Locking vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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-2023:2458RHSA-2023:2951SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: storvsc: Remove WQ_MEM_RECLAIM from storvsc_error_wq storvsc_error_wq workqueue should not be marked as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM as it doesn't need to make forward progress under memory pressure. Marking this workqueue as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM may cause deadlock while flushing a non-WQ_MEM_RECLAIM workqueue. In the current state it causes the following warning: [ 14.506347] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 14.506354] workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM storvsc_error_wq_0:storvsc_remove_lun is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM events_freezable_power_:disk_events_workfn [ 14.506360] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 8 at <-snip->kernel/workqueue.c:2623 check_flush_dependency+0xb5/0x130 [ 14.506390] CPU: 0 PID: 8 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Not tainted 5.4.0-1086-azure #91~18.04.1-Ubuntu [ 14.506391] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 05/09/2022 [ 14.506393] Workqueue: storvsc_error_wq_0 storvsc_remove_lun [ 14.506395] RIP: 0010:check_flush_dependency+0xb5/0x130 <-snip-> [ 14.506408] Call Trace: [ 14.506412] __flush_work+0xf1/0x1c0 [ 14.506414] __cancel_work_timer+0x12f/0x1b0 [ 14.506417] ? kernfs_put+0xf0/0x190 [ 14.506418] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x13/0x20 [ 14.506420] disk_block_events+0x78/0x80 [ 14.506421] del_gendisk+0x3d/0x2f0 [ 14.506423] sr_remove+0x28/0x70 [ 14.506427] device_release_driver_internal+0xef/0x1c0 [ 14.506428] device_release_driver+0x12/0x20 [ 14.506429] bus_remove_device+0xe1/0x150 [ 14.506431] device_del+0x167/0x380 [ 14.506432] __scsi_remove_device+0x11d/0x150 [ 14.506433] scsi_remove_device+0x26/0x40 [ 14.506434] storvsc_remove_lun+0x40/0x60 [ 14.506436] process_one_work+0x209/0x400 [ 14.506437] worker_thread+0x34/0x400 [ 14.506439] kthread+0x121/0x140 [ 14.506440] ? process_one_work+0x400/0x400 [ 14.506441] ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90 [ 14.506443] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [ 14.506445] ---[ end trace 2d9633159fdc6ee7 ]---

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu110 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-201.212 | < 5.4.0-132.148 | < 5.15.0-53.59
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1147.159 | < 5.4.0-1089.97 | < 5.15.0-1023.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < b692c238ddfa61f00d97c4c1f021425d132ba96f | ≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < b4c928ace9a123629eeb14ec5d7ee8f73e5ac668 | ≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < 46fcb0fc884db78a0384be92cc2a51927e6581b8 | ≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < cd2a50d0a097a42b6de283377da98ff757505120 | ≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < 828f57ac75eaccd6607ee4d1468d34e983e32c68 | ≥ 436ad941335386c5fc7faa915a8fbdfe8c908084, < d957e7ffb2c72410bcc1a514153a46719255a5da | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.257 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.212 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.140 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.64 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.6 | 6.0:rc1 | 6.0:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.2-1

3 vendors · 113 products

References

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