Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49534scsi: lpfc: Protect memory leak for NPIV ports sending PLOGI_RJT

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Protect memory leak for NPIV ports sending PLOGI_RJT There is a potential memory leak in lpfc_ignore_els_cmpl() and lpfc_els_rsp_reject() that was allocated from NPIV PLOGI_RJT (lpfc_rcv_plogi()'s login_mbox). Check if cmdiocb->context_un.mbox was allocated in lpfc_ignore_els_cmpl(), and then free it back to phba->mbox_mem_pool along with mbox->ctx_buf for service parameters. For lpfc_els_rsp_reject() failure, free both the ctx_buf for service parameters and the login_mbox.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49534
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49534
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49534

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 858c9f6c19c6f9bf86cbbc64ce0d17c61d6131b8 – before c00df0f34a6d5e14da379f96ea67e501ce67b002858c9f6c19c6f9bf86cbbc64ce0d17c61d6131b8 – before 672d1cb40551ea9c95efad43ab6d45e4ab4e015f
Linux Linux 2.6.23

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References