CVE-2022-49157 scsi: qla2xxx: Fix premature hw access after PCI error

Medium 5.5 Published 26 Feb 2025 Updated 11 May 2026

A flaw in the qla2xxx SCSI driver allows premature hardware access after PCI errors, potentially causing system instability or crashes.

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-2022-49157?

CVE-2022-49157 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 premature hw access after PCI error

After a recoverable PCI error has been detected and recovered, qla driver needs to check to see if the error condition still persist and/or wait for the OS to give the resume signal.

Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 124606 at qla_tmpl.c:440 qla27xx_fwdt_entry_t266+0x55/0x60 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: RIP: 0010:qla27xx_fwdt_entry_t266+0x55/0x60 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: Call Trace: Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? qla27xx_walk_template+0xb1/0x1b0 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? qla27xx_execute_fwdt_template+0x12a/0x160 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? qla27xx_fwdump+0xa0/0x1c0 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? qla2xxx_pci_mmio_enabled+0xfb/0x120 [qla2xxx] Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? report_mmio_enabled+0x44/0x80 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? report_slot_reset+0x80/0x80 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? pci_walk_bus+0x70/0x90 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? aer_dev_correctable_show+0xc0/0xc0 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? pcie_do_recovery+0x1bb/0x240 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? aer_recover_work_func+0xaa/0xd0 Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: ? process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 .. Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-8041:22: detected PCI disconnect. Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-107ff:22: qla27xx_fwdt_entry_t262: dump ram MB failed. Area 5h start 198013h end 198013h Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-107ff:22: Unable to capture FW dump Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-1015:22: cmd=0x0, waited 5221 msecs Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-680d:22: mmio enabled returning. Sep 8 22:26:03 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:42:00.2]-d04c:22: MBX Command timeout for cmd 0, iocontrol=ffffffff jiffies=10140f2e5 mb[0-3]=[0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff]

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49157?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49157?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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Is CVE-2022-49157 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49157, GHSA-jq6v-2c9x-m699, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49157, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49157.