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CVE-2022-49121: scsi: pm8001: Fix tag leaks on error

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 43c617eefab7077d69f5989ad3e2a273da1d728b, 4c8f04b1905cd4b776d0b720463c091545478ef7, 9cc72bcc1c096ed42c91646f130d4b4191580a4c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 43c617eefab7077d69f5989ad3e2a273da1d728b, 4c8f04b1905cd4b776d0b720463c091545478ef7, 9cc72bcc1c096ed42c91646f130d4b4191580a4c or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: pm8001: Fix tag leaks on error In pm8001_chip_set_dev_state_req(), pm8001_chip_fw_flash_update_req(), pm80xx_chip_phy_ctl_req() and pm8001_chip_reg_dev_req() add missing calls to pm8001_tag_free() to free the allocated tag when pm8001_mpi_build_cmd() fails. Similarly, in pm8001_exec_internal_task_abort(), if the chip ->task_abort method fails, the tag allocated for the abort request task must be freed. Add the missing call to pm8001_tag_free().

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 18th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 5.10.111
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.34
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.16.20
  • linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 5.17.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.33affected
    • dbf9bfe615717d1145f263c0049fe2328e6ed395 and later · before a0bb65eadbf942024226241d9d99fed17168940baffected · git
    • dbf9bfe615717d1145f263c0049fe2328e6ed395 and later · before 43c617eefab7077d69f5989ad3e2a273da1d728baffected · git
    • dbf9bfe615717d1145f263c0049fe2328e6ed395 and later · before bdc74815f1c39905054b7d47399e0260b201b14daffected · git
    • dbf9bfe615717d1145f263c0049fe2328e6ed395 and later · before 9cc72bcc1c096ed42c91646f130d4b4191580a4caffected · git
    • dbf9bfe615717d1145f263c0049fe2328e6ed395 and later · before 4c8f04b1905cd4b776d0b720463c091545478ef7affected · git
    • before 2.6.33not affected · semver
    • 5.10.111 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.34 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.16.20 and later · up to and including 5.16.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.17.3-15.17.3-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5kernel-defaultbefore 4.12.14-122.258.14.12.14-122.258.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_68before 1-8.3.11-8.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSkernel-sourcebefore 4.12.14-122.258.14.12.14-122.258.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSkernel-symsbefore 4.12.14-122.258.14.12.14-122.258.1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49119Feb 26, 2025 · scsi: pm8001: Fix memory leak in pm8001_chip_fw_flash_update_req()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49120Feb 26, 2025 · scsi: pm8001: Fix task leak in pm8001_send_abort_all()
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-49122Feb 26, 2025 · dm ioctl: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux43c617eefab7077d69f5989ad3e2a273da1d728bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4c8f04b1905cd4b776d0b720463c091545478ef7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9cc72bcc1c096ed42c91646f130d4b4191580a4cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa0bb65eadbf942024226241d9d99fed17168940bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbdc74815f1c39905054b7d47399e0260b201b14dVendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.17.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default4.12.14-122.258.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source4.12.14-122.258.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-syms4.12.14-122.258.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_681-8.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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