# CVE-2022-49217: scsi: pm8001: Fix abort all task initialization
> A missing initialization in the pm8001 SCSI driver causes invalid DMA unmapping, leading to a kernel crash and 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-2022-49217, GHSA-mx68-mrjx-c99p, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49217
## What is CVE-2022-49217?
CVE-2022-49217 is a medium-severity 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: pm8001: Fix abort all task initialization
In pm80xx_send_abort_all(), the n_elem field of the ccb used is not
initialized to 0. This missing initialization sometimes lead to the task
completion path seeing the ccb with a non-zero n_elem resulting in the
execution of invalid dma_unmap_sg() calls in pm8001_ccb_task_free(),
causing a crash such as:
[ 197.676341] RIP: 0010:iommu_dma_unmap_sg+0x6d/0x280
[ 197.700204] RSP: 0018:ffff889bbcf89c88 EFLAGS: 00010012
[ 197.705485] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff83d0bda0
[ 197.712687] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88810dffc0d0
[ 197.719887] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8881c790098b
[ 197.727089] R10: ffffed1038f20131 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 197.734296] R13: ffff88810dffc0d0 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 197.741493] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff889bbcf80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 197.749659] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 197.755459] CR2: 00007f16c1b42734 CR3: 0000000004814000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0
[ 197.762656] Call Trace:
[ 197.765127]
[ 197.767162] pm8001_ccb_task_free+0x5f1/0x820 [pm80xx]
[ 197.772364] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x54/0x220
[ 197.776680] pm8001_mpi_task_abort_resp+0x2ce/0x4f0 [pm80xx]
[ 197.782406] process_oq+0xe85/0x7890 [pm80xx]
[ 197.786817] ? lock_acquire+0x194/0x490
[ 197.790697] ? handle_irq_event+0x10e/0x1b0
[ 197.794920] ? mpi_sata_completion+0x2d70/0x2d70 [pm80xx]
[ 197.800378] ? __wake_up_bit+0x100/0x100
[ 197.804340] ? lock_is_held_type+0x98/0x110
[ 197.808565] pm80xx_chip_isr+0x94/0x130 [pm80xx]
[ 197.813243] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x24b/0x2f0
[ 197.818785] __do_softirq+0x1b5/0x82d
[ 197.822485] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x54/0x220
[ 197.826799] __irq_exit_rcu+0x17e/0x1e0
[ 197.830678] irq_exit_rcu+0xa/0x20
[ 197.834114] common_interrupt+0x78/0x90
[ 197.840051]
[ 197.844236]
[ 197.848397] asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40
Avoid this issue by always initializing the ccb n_elem field to 0 in
pm8001_send_abort_all(), pm8001_send_read_log() and
pm80xx_send_abort_all().
Weakness: CWE-909 (Missing Initialization of Resource)
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49217?
It affects 1 product.
Products: Linux kernel.
## How do I fix CVE-2022-49217?
Apply the vendor's patch.
## Is CVE-2022-49217 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49217 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents
```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49217 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-49217 is a medium-severity 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-2022-49217 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-2022-49217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49217/index.md)
```
## Sources
- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49217
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49217
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49217
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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49217/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.