# CVE-2022-49703: scsi: ibmvfc: Store vhost pointer during subcrq allocation

> A null pointer dereference in the ibmvfc driver causes a kernel crash during kexec/kdump on Power 9 systems with legacy XICS interrupts.

- **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-2022-49703, GHSA-fx3x-j43m-j597, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49703

## What is CVE-2022-49703?

CVE-2022-49703 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: ibmvfc: Store vhost pointer during subcrq allocation

Currently the back pointer from a queue to the vhost adapter isn't set
until after subcrq interrupt registration. The value is available when a
queue is first allocated and can/should be also set for primary and async
queues as well as subcrqs.

This fixes a crash observed during kexec/kdump on Power 9 with legacy XICS
interrupt controller where a pending subcrq interrupt from the previous
kernel can be replayed immediately upon IRQ registration resulting in
dereference of a garbage backpointer in ibmvfc_interrupt_scsi().

Kernel attempted to read user page (58) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000058
Faulting instruction address: 0xc008000003216a08
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
...
NIP [c008000003216a08] ibmvfc_interrupt_scsi+0x40/0xb0 [ibmvfc]
LR [c0000000082079e8] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x98/0x270
Call Trace:
[c000000047fa3d80] [c0000000123e6180] 0xc0000000123e6180 (unreliable)
[c000000047fa3df0] [c0000000082079e8] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x98/0x270
[c000000047fa3ea0] [c000000008207d18] handle_irq_event+0x98/0x188
[c000000047fa3ef0] [c00000000820f564] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xc4/0x310
[c000000047fa3f40] [c000000008205c60] generic_handle_irq+0x50/0x80
[c000000047fa3f60] [c000000008015c40] __do_irq+0x70/0x1a0
[c000000047fa3f90] [c000000008016d7c] __do_IRQ+0x9c/0x130
[c000000014622f60] [0000000020000000] 0x20000000
[c000000014622ff0] [c000000008016e50] do_IRQ+0x40/0xa0
[c000000014623020] [c000000008017044] replay_soft_interrupts+0x194/0x2f0
[c000000014623210] [c0000000080172a8] arch_local_irq_restore+0x108/0x170
[c000000014623240] [c000000008eb1008] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x58/0xb0
[c000000014623270] [c00000000820b12c] __setup_irq+0x49c/0x9f0
[c000000014623310] [c00000000820b7c0] request_threaded_irq+0x140/0x230
[c000000014623380] [c008000003212a50] ibmvfc_register_scsi_channel+0x1e8/0x2f0 [ibmvfc]
[c000000014623450] [c008000003213d1c] ibmvfc_init_sub_crqs+0xc4/0x1f0 [ibmvfc]
[c0000000146234d0] [c0080000032145a8] ibmvfc_reset_crq+0x150/0x210 [ibmvfc]
[c000000014623550] [c0080000032147c8] ibmvfc_init_crq+0x160/0x280 [ibmvfc]
[c0000000146235f0] [c00800000321a9cc] ibmvfc_probe+0x2a4/0x530 [ibmvfc]

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49703?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49703?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49703 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-2022-49703 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-2022-49703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49703/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49703

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