CVE-2022-49156 scsi: qla2xxx: Fix scheduling while atomic
A bug in the qla2xxx SCSI driver causes a kernel crash when handling specific interrupt events, leading to system 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-2022-49156?
CVE-2022-49156 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: Fix scheduling while atomic
The driver makes a call into midlayer (fc_remote_port_delete) which can put the thread to sleep. The thread that originates the call is in interrupt context. The combination of the two trigger a crash. Schedule the call in non-interrupt context where it is more safe.
kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/7/0/0x00010000 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: <IRQ> kernel: dump_stack+0x66/0x81 kernel: __schedule_bug.cold.90+0x5/0x1d kernel: __schedule+0x7af/0x960 kernel: schedule+0x28/0x80 kernel: schedule_timeout+0x26d/0x3b0 kernel: wait_for_completion+0xb4/0x140 kernel: ? wake_up_q+0x70/0x70 kernel: __wait_rcu_gp+0x12c/0x160 kernel: ? sdev_evt_alloc+0xc0/0x180 [scsi_mod] kernel: synchronize_sched+0x6c/0x80 kernel: ? call_rcu_bh+0x20/0x20 kernel: ? __bpf_trace_rcu_invoke_callback+0x10/0x10 kernel: sdev_evt_alloc+0xfd/0x180 [scsi_mod] kernel: starget_for_each_device+0x85/0xb0 [scsi_mod] kernel: ? scsi_init_io+0x360/0x3d0 [scsi_mod] kernel: scsi_init_io+0x388/0x3d0 [scsi_mod] kernel: device_for_each_child+0x54/0x90 kernel: fc_remote_port_delete+0x70/0xe0 [scsi_transport_fc] kernel: qla2x00_schedule_rport_del+0x62/0xf0 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla2x00_mark_device_lost+0x9c/0xd0 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla24xx_handle_plogi_done_event+0x55f/0x570 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla2x00_async_login_sp_done+0xd2/0x100 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla24xx_logio_entry+0x13a/0x3c0 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla24xx_process_response_queue+0x306/0x400 [qla2xxx] kernel: qla24xx_msix_rsp_q+0x3f/0xb0 [qla2xxx] kernel: __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x40/0x180 kernel: handle_irq_event_percpu+0x30/0x80 kernel: handle_irq_event+0x36/0x60
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49156?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49156?
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-2022-49156 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49156 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49156, GHSA-6wr3-prcq-pp4c, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49156.