# CVE-2022-50098: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash due to stale SRB access around I/O timeouts

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the qla2xxx SCSI driver allows attackers to cause a kernel crash via stale SRB access during I/O timeouts.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50098, GHSA-734c-p7qf-qcfg, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50098, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50098

## What is CVE-2022-50098?

CVE-2022-50098 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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 due to stale SRB access around I/O timeouts

Ensure SRB is returned during I/O timeout error escalation. If that is not
possible fail the escalation path.

Following crash stack was seen:

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000002f56aa90f8
IP: qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending+0x14/0x30 [qla2xxx]
Call Trace:
 ? qla2x00_status_entry+0x19f/0x1c50 [qla2xxx]
 ? qla2x00_start_sp+0x116/0x1170 [qla2xxx]
 ? dma_pool_alloc+0x1d6/0x210
 ? mempool_alloc+0x54/0x130
 ? qla24xx_process_response_queue+0x548/0x12b0 [qla2xxx]
 ? qla_do_work+0x2d/0x40 [qla2xxx]
 ? process_one_work+0x14c/0x390

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50098?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50098?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50098 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50098 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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-2022-50098 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-2022-50098/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50098/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50098
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50098
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50098

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