# CVE-2022-49536: scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock

> A deadlock in the Linux kernel's lpfc driver can cause a system hard lockup during high-load I/O operations, requiring a patch to fix lock ordering.

- **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-2022-49536, GHSA-wpwm-r528-7p8j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49536, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49536

## What is CVE-2022-49536?

CVE-2022-49536 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: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock

During stress I/O tests with 500+ vports, hard LOCKUP call traces are
observed.

CPU A:
 native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x192
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x32
 lpfc_handle_fcp_err+0x4c6
 lpfc_fcp_io_cmd_wqe_cmpl+0x964
 lpfc_sli4_fp_handle_cqe+0x266
 __lpfc_sli4_process_cq+0x105
 __lpfc_sli4_hba_process_cq+0x3c
 lpfc_cq_poll_hdler+0x16
 irq_poll_softirq+0x76
 __softirqentry_text_start+0xe4
 irq_exit+0xf7
 do_IRQ+0x7f

CPU B:
 native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x5b
 _raw_spin_lock+0x1c
 lpfc_abort_handler+0x13e
 scmd_eh_abort_handler+0x85
 process_one_work+0x1a7
 worker_thread+0x30
 kthread+0x112
 ret_from_fork+0x1f

Diagram of lockup:

CPUA                            CPUB
----                            ----
lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
                            phba->hbalock
                            lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
phba->hbalock

Fix by reordering the taking of the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock and phba->hbalock in
lpfc_abort_handler routine so that it tries to take the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock
first before phba->hbalock.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49536?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49536?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49536 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49536 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-2022-49536 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-2022-49536/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49536/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49536
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49536
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49536

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