CVE-2022-49160 scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash during module load unload test
A use-after-free bug in the qla2xxx SCSI driver causes a system crash during module unload, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-49160?
CVE-2022-49160 is a high-severity use after free 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 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]
Weakness: CWE-763
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49160?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49160?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2022-49160 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49160 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49160, GHSA-c8r3-59p8-gp8q, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49160, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49160.