CVE-2022-49155 scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair()

Medium 5.5 Published 26 Feb 2025 Updated 11 May 2026

A kernel bug in the qla2xxx driver causes a complaint when using smp_processor_id in preemptible code, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service.

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

What is CVE-2022-49155?

CVE-2022-49155 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair()

[ 12.323788] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: systemd-udevd/1020 [ 12.332297] caller is qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] [ 12.338417] CPU: 7 PID: 1020 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G I --------- --- 5.14.0-29.el9.x86_64 #1 [ 12.348827] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R610/0F0XJ6, BIOS 6.6.0 05/22/2018 [ 12.356356] Call Trace: [ 12.358821] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 [ 12.362514] check_preemption_disabled+0xd9/0xe0 [ 12.367164] qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] [ 12.372481] qla2x00_probe_one+0xa3a/0x1b80 [qla2xxx] [ 12.377617] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x19/0x40 [ 12.384284] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80 [ 12.390162] ? pci_match_device+0xd7/0x110 [ 12.396366] pci_device_probe+0xfd/0x1b0 [ 12.402372] really_probe+0x1e7/0x3e0 [ 12.408114] __driver_probe_device+0xfe/0x180 [ 12.414544] driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90 [ 12.420685] __driver_attach+0xc0/0x1c0 [ 12.426536] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0 [ 12.433061] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0 [ 12.439538] bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xc0 [ 12.445294] bus_add_driver+0x12b/0x1e0 [ 12.451021] driver_register+0x8f/0xe0 [ 12.456631] ? 0xffffffffc07bc000 [ 12.461773] qla2x00_module_init+0x1be/0x229 [qla2xxx] [ 12.468776] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x200 [ 12.474401] ? load_module+0xad3/0xba0 [ 12.479908] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x45/0x410 [ 12.486268] do_init_module+0x5c/0x280 [ 12.491730] __do_sys_init_module+0x12e/0x1b0 [ 12.497785] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 12.503029] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 12.509764] RIP: 0033:0x7f554f73ab2e

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49155?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49155?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-49155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49155, GHSA-ghq5-h7cg-8x98, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49155.