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CVE-2022-49157

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49157 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's qla2xxx SCSI driver. It arises from the driver attempting premature hardware access after a recoverable PCI error, leading to system instability or crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and primarily impacting system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.15.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.17, < 5.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49157Low

kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix premature hw access after PCI error

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/5ef6319f9882699613d5182fbd7929b017e8c5ab
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6c125fd5ad035777f7b471553f7ddda76e8e7136
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d7994dff9071555a959a168f9184dd9abae68a6b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e35920ab7874d5e2faeb4f958a74bfa793f1ce5a
Patch