CVE-2022-49536: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock During stress I/O tests wit

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock During stress I/O tests wit

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock During stress I/O tests with 500+ vports, hard LOCKUP call traces are observed. CPU A: native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x192 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x32 lpfc_handle_fcp_err+0x4c6 lpfc_fcp_io_cmd_wqe_cmpl+0x964 lpfc_sli4_fp_handle_cqe+0x266 __lpfc_sli4_process_cq+0x105 __lpfc_sli4_hba_process_cq+0x3c lpfc_cq_poll_hdler+0x16 irq_poll_softirq+0x76 __softirqentry_text_start+0xe4 irq_exit+0xf7 do_IRQ+0x7f CPU B: native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x5b _raw_spin_lock+0x1c lpfc_abort_handler+0x13e scmd_eh_abort_handler+0x85 process_one_work+0x1a7 worker_thread+0x30 kthread+0x112 ret_from_fork+0x1f Diagram of lockup: CPUA CPUB ---- ---- lpfc_cmd->buf_lock phba->hbalock lpfc_cmd->buf_lock phba->hbalock Fix by reordering the taking of the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock and phba->hbalock in lpfc_abort_handler routine so that it tries to take the lpfc_cmd->buf_lock first before phba->hbalock.

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

What it means for a small business

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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 0.20%, higher than 9% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 8, 2026, updated daily.

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