CVE-2022-48825: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedf: Add stag_work to all the vports Call trace seen when creating NPIV ports, only

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedf: Add stag_work to all the vports Call trace seen when creating NPIV ports, only

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedf: Add stag_work to all the vports Call trace seen when creating NPIV ports, only 32 out of 64 show online. stag work was not initialized for vport, hence initialize the stag work. WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 645 at kernel/workqueue.c:1635 __queue_delayed_work+0x68/0x80 CPU: 8 PID: 645 Comm: kworker/8:1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G IOE --------- -- 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge MX740c/0177V9, BIOS 2.12.2 07/09/2021 Workqueue: events fc_lport_timeout [libfc] RIP: 0010:__queue_delayed_work+0x68/0x80 Code: 89 b2 88 00 00 00 44 89 82 90 00 00 00 48 01 c8 48 89 42 50 41 81 f8 00 20 00 00 75 1d e9 60 24 07 00 44 89 c7 e9 98 f6 ff ff <0f> 0b eb c5 0f 0b eb a1 0f 0b eb a7 0f 0b eb ac 44 89 c6 e9 40 23 RSP: 0018:ffffae514bc3be40 EFLAGS: 00010006 RAX: ffff8d25d6143750 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: 0000000000000002 RDX: ffff8d2e31383748 RSI: ffff8d25c000d600 RDI: ffff8d2e31383788 RBP: ffff8d2e31380de0 R08: 0000000000002000 R09: ffff8d2e31383750 R10: ffffffffc0c957e0 R11: ffff8d2624800000 R12: ffff8d2e31380a58 R13: ffff8d2d915eb000 R14: ffff8d25c499b5c0 R15: ffff8d2e31380e18 FS: 000000000000000

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.27%, higher than 19% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 31, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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