CVE-2022-49155 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair() [ 12.323788] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: systemd-udevd/1020 [ 12.332297] caller is qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] [ 12.338417] CPU: 7 PID: 1020 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: G I --------- --- 5.14.0-29.el9.x86_64 #1 [ 12.348827] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R610/0F0XJ6, BIOS 6.6.0 05/22/2018 [ 12.356356] Call Trace: [ 12.358821] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 [ 12.362514] check_preemption_disabled+0xd9/0xe0 [ 12.367164] qla2xxx_create_qpair+0x32a/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] [ 12.372481] qla2x00_probe_one+0xa3a/0x1b80 [qla2xxx] [ 12.377617] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x19/0x40 [ 12.384284] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80 [ 12.390162] ? pci_match_device+0xd7/0x110 [ 12.396366] pci_device_probe+0xfd/0x1b0 [ 12.402372] really_probe+0x1e7/0x3e0 [ 12.408114] __driver_probe_device+0xfe/0x180 [ 12.414544] driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90 [ 12.420685] __driver_attach+0xc0/0x1c0 [ 12.426536] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0 [ 12.433061] ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0 [ 12.439538] bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xc0 [ 12.445294] bus_add_driver+0x12b/0x1e0 [ 12.451021] driver_register+0x8f/0xe0 [ 12.456631] ? 0xffffffffc07bc000 [ 12.461773] qla2x00_module_init+0x1be/0x229 [qla2xxx] [ 12.468776] do_one_initcall+0x44/0x200 [ 12.474401] ? load_module+0xad3/0xba0 [ 12.479908] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x45/0x410 [ 12.486268] do_init_module+0x5c/0x280 [ 12.491730] __do_sys_init_module+0x12e/0x1b0 [ 12.497785] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 12.503029] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 12.509764] RIP: 0033:0x7f554f73ab2e

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-12-28	0.05%	0.05%	-0.00%
2	2025-12-27	0.03%	0.05%	+0.02%
3	2025-07-25	—	0.03%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-12-28

0.05%

-0.00%

2025-12-27

0.03%

0.05%

+0.02%

2025-07-25

—

0.03%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49155

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-49155 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49155
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49155
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49155/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49155 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 146, released 145, not-affected 115.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49155

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	< 4.14.276	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.15, < 4.19.238	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.20, < 5.4.189	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.5, < 5.10.110	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.33	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 5.16.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.17, < 5.17.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2022-49155

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ab81d82fb1db7ec4be4b0d04563513e6d4bcdd5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43195a0c620761fbb88db04e2475313855b948a4	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8077a7162bc3cf658dd9ff112bc77716c08458c5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c33d49ab9f3d8bd7512b3070cd2f07c4a8849d5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a60447e7d451df42c7bde43af53b34f10f34f469	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a669a22aef0ceff706b885370af74b5a60a8ac85	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68776f28d9134fa65056e7e63bfc734049730b7	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f97316dd393bc8df1cc2af6295a97b876eecf252	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49155 | scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49155

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49155

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49155

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49155

References for CVE-2022-49155