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

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: 2025-06-18 · updated 2026-10-15

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

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 4.10 before 5.15.61; from 5.16 before 5.18.18; from 5.19 before 5.19.2 — fixed in 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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