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CVE-2022-49160

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.27%

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CVE-2022-49160 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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]. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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]

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.27%

18.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.9, < 5.15.54
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.16, < 5.16.19
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.17, < 5.17.2

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-49160?
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]
How severe is CVE-2022-49160?
CVE-2022-49160 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49160?
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Source: NVD / NIST