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CVE-2022-49120: scsi: pm8001: Fix task leak in pm8001_send_abort_all()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: pm8001: Fix task leak in pm8001_send_abort_all() In pm8001_send_abort_all(), make sure to free the allocated sas task if pm8001_tag_alloc() or pm8001_mpi_build_cmd() fail.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.111; from 5.11 before 5.15.34; from 5.16 before 5.16.20; from 5.17 before 5.17.3 — fixed in 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146cae06d2682d7563732544be334e8e6d3862b8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2051044d7901f1a9d7be95d0d32e53b88e9548f7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2290dcad6f65864dec518fb2d5fb45f67d684150
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34c79d16ee69cb53288c202bb1ab0ba0130d9674
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90a74892f3acf0cdec5844e90fc8686ca13e7d7

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