Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1 qla_create_qpair stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is the function qla_create_qpair. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-49155. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1. This issue affects the function qla_create_qpair. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-49155 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/13/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235744 (EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1520)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 or 5.17.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 43195a0c620761fbb88db04e2475313855b948a4/f68776f28d9134fa65056e7e63bfc734049730b7/8077a7162bc3cf658dd9ff112bc77716c08458c5/f97316dd393bc8df1cc2af6295a97b876eecf252/9c33d49ab9f3d8bd7512b3070cd2f07c4a8849d5/1ab81d82fb1db7ec4be4b0d04563513e6d4bcdd5/a669a22aef0ceff706b885370af74b5a60a8ac85/a60447e7d451df42c7bde43af53b34f10f34f469 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235744). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.14.275
• 4.19.237
• 5.4.188
• 5.10.109
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10
• 5.16.11
• 5.16.12
• 5.16.13
• 5.16.14
• 5.16.15
• 5.16.16
• 5.16.17
• 5.16.18
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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