CVE-2022-49839

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.14-5.10.156 5.11.0-5.15.79 5.16.0-6.0.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in SCSI Transport SAS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: scsi_transport_sas: Fix error handling in sas_phy_add() If transport_add_device() fails in sas_phy_add(), the kernel will crash trying to delete the device in transport_remove_device() called from sas_remove_host(). Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000108 CPU: 61 PID: 42829 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1+ #173 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : device_del+0x54/0x3d0 lr : device_del+0x37c/0x3d0 Call trace: device_del+0x54/0x3d0 attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x38 transport_remove_classdev+0x6c/0x80 attribute_container_device_trigger+0x108/0x110 transport_remove_device+0x28/0x38 sas_phy_delete+0x30/0x60 [scsi_transport_sas] do_sas_phy_delete+0x6c/0x80 [scsi_transport_sas] device_for_each_child+0x68/0xb0 sas_remove_children+0x40/0x50 [scsi_transport_sas] sas_remove_host+0x20/0x38 [scsi_transport_sas] hisi_sas_remove+0x40/0x68 [hisi_sas_main] hisi_sas_v2_remove+0x20/0x30 [hisi_sas_v2_hw] platform_remove+0x2c/0x60 Fix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device() in sas_phy_add().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 2.6.14 - 5.10.157linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.14
Linux/Linux 2.6.14
Linux/Linux 5.10.157 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.80 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.10 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux c7ebbbce366c02e5657ac6b6059933fe0353b175 - 03aabcb88aeeb7221ddb6196ae84ad5fb17b743f
... and 5 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026