---
id: CVE-2022-50098
title: |-
  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
summary: |-
  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 escal…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 5.15.61'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.18.18'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.19, < 5.19.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 5.19.2
published: '2025-06-18'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:17:27.170'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50098'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dcd49c42b14717dd668fd73b503d241fdf82439'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70553175d0f94ebd73670bc16ade90bd7f7d76f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bae3886a30d258b5b4fee26647043d68da3661'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c39587bc0abaf16593f7abcdf8aeec3c038c7d52'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00311
epssPercentile: 0.23836
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:30:13.306407Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T21:45:11.284Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 5.15.61`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.18.18`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.19, < 5.19.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 5.19.2`