# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49156, GHSA-6wr3-prcq-pp4c, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49156

## 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: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49156?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49156 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49156 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49156 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49156/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49156/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49156
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49156
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49156

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