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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49160

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225565

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash during module load unload test During purex packet handling the driver was incorrectly freeing a pre-allocated structure. Fix this by skipping that entry. System crashed with the following stack during a module unload test. Call Trace: sbitmap_init_node+0x7f/0x1e0 sbitmap_queue_init_node+0x24/0x150 blk_mq_init_bitmaps+0x3d/0xa0 blk_mq_init_tags+0x68/0x90 blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs+0x44/0x120 blk_mq_alloc_set_map_and_rqs+0x63/0x150 blk_mq_alloc_tag_set+0x11b/0x230 scsi_add_host_with_dma.cold+0x3f/0x245 qla2x00_probe_one+0xd5a/0x1b80 [qla2xxx] Call Trace with slub_debug and debug kernel: kasan_report_invalid_free+0x50/0x80 __kasan_slab_free+0x137/0x150 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc6/0x190 kfree+0xe8/0x2e0 qla2x00_free_device+0x3bb/0x5d0 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_remove_one+0x668/0xcf0 [qla2xxx] (CVE-2022-49160)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225565

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49160