CVE-2026-97537

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix queue teardown NULL dma_free and bitmap locking

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 24, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix queue teardown NULL dma_free and bitmap locking

qla25xx_free_req_que() and qla25xx_free_rsp_que() have two pre-existing bugs exposed on the error path of qla25xx_create_{req,rsp}_que():

1. When dma_alloc_coherent() fails during queue creation, the error path calls the free function with req->ring / rsp->ring still NULL (from kzalloc). The unconditional dma_free_coherent() with a NULL cpu_addr is undefined behavior and can panic.

2. The free functions clear req_qid_map / rsp_qid_map under vport_lock, but the create functions protect the same bitmaps with mq_lock. This provides no mutual exclusion. Additionally, the create error path clears the bit and releases mq_lock before calling the free function, creating a window where another thread can allocate the same que_id and have its ha->req_q_map entry clobbered by the subsequent lockless NULL assignment in the free function.

Fix by:

- Guarding dma_free_coherent() with a NULL check on the ring pointer.

- Using mq_lock (the lock held by all creators) in the free functions to atomically NULL the map entry and clear the bitmap bit.

- Removing the now-redundant clear_bit blocks from the create error paths since the free functions handle it atomically.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before b65e3a82f77b7a63e386623d2ea70d2b5580295aAffected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before a9ff85886425355c72749be6090758aa19a89f16Affected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before 81ee4df2a488f0909f7ff563e88a0e0099485a8bAffected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before 2e6f60adf609c77e828f64e0cd371920bef91c12Affected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before 56e25d716833604fd5bff388e472f290bfe793aaAffected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before f35cb67f2092b49d7949065dd56895ed47238f22Affected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before 94fc0c5b45de2bf3a691619bcfd10b9a49fc647eAffected
  • 73208dfd7ab19f379d73e8a0fbf30f92c203e5e8 to before 34a40e0dff940ac5eba494a69b553ea571e24873Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.29Affected
  • before 2.6.29Not affected
  • 5.10.273 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.224 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.7 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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