What is CVE-2022-49158?

CVE-2022-49158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and patched in 5.10.258, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 and others. CVE-2022-49158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49158?

CVE-2022-49158 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49158?

Yes, CVE-2022-49158 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.258, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49158 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49158

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix warning message due to adisc being flushed Fix warning message due to adisc being flushed. Linux kernel triggered a warning message where a different error code type is not matching up with the expected type. Add additional translation of one error code type to another. WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1131623 at drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c:498 qla2x00_async_adisc_sp_done+0x294/0x2b0 [qla2xxx] CPU: 2 PID: 1131623 Comm: drmgr Not tainted 5.13.0-rc1-autotest #1 .. GPR28: c000000aaa9c8890 c0080000079ab678 c00000140a104800 c00000002bd19000 NIP [c00800000790857c] qla2x00_async_adisc_sp_done+0x294/0x2b0 [qla2xxx] LR [c008000007908578] qla2x00_async_adisc_sp_done+0x290/0x2b0 [qla2xxx] Call Trace: [c00000001cdc3620] [c008000007908578] qla2x00_async_adisc_sp_done+0x290/0x2b0 [qla2xxx] (unreliable) [c00000001cdc3710] [c0080000078f3080] __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x1b8/0x580 [qla2xxx] [c00000001cdc3840] [c0080000078f589c] qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0x34/0xd0 [qla2xxx] [c00000001cdc3880] [c0080000079153d8] qla2x00_abort_isp_cleanup+0x3f0/0x570 [qla2xxx] [c00000001cdc3920] [c0080000078fb7e8] qla2x00_remove_one+0x3d0/0x480 [qla2xxx] [c00000001cdc39b0] [c00000000071c274] pci_device_remove+0x64/0x120 [c00000001cdc39f0] [c0000000007fb818] device_release_driver_internal+0x168/0x2a0 [c00000001cdc3a30] [c00000000070e304] pci_stop_bus_device+0xb4/0x100 [c00000001cdc3a70] [c00000000070e4f0] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x20/0x40 [c00000001cdc3aa0] [c000000000073940] pci_hp_remove_devices+0x90/0x130 [c00000001cdc3b30] [c0080000070704d0] disable_slot+0x38/0x90 [rpaphp] [ c00000001cdc3b60] [c00000000073eb4c] power_write_file+0xcc/0x180 [c00000001cdc3be0] [c0000000007354bc] pci_slot_attr_store+0x3c/0x60 [c00000001cdc3c00] [c00000000055f820] sysfs_kf_write+0x60/0x80 [c00000001cdc3c20] [c00000000055df10] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1a0/0x290 [c00000001cdc3c70] [c000000000447c4c] new_sync_write+0x14c/0x1d0 [c00000001cdc3d10] [c00000000044b134] vfs_write+0x224/0x330 [c00000001cdc3d60] [c00000000044b3f4] ksys_write+0x74/0x130 [c00000001cdc3db0] [c00000000002df70] system_call_exception+0x150/0x2d0 [c00000001cdc3e10] [c00000000000d45c] system_call_common+0xec/0x278

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-26

Last modified 2026-06-01

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-617

CVE-2022-49158 is classified as CWE-617

See CWE-617 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.258, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.16

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.258 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.33 5.15.x ✓ 5.16.19 5.16.x ✓ 5.17.2 5.17.x ✓ 5.18

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49158 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f24af75b79cba3b86b0760e27e0fa904db570f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3457777c4f700c64836e78dc71e6ce459f62b8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b13baf97ddbc1a7e7536168383bc0d84c2204b03
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49158

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-26

Modified 2026-06-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49158?

CVE-2022-49158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and has been patched in 5.10.258, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 and others. CVE-2022-49158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49158?

CVE-2022-49158 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49158?

Yes — CVE-2022-49158 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.258, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49158 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.