CVE-2024-42286scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.89%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 40% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly The driver load failed with error message, qla2xxx [0000:04:00.0]-ffff:0: register_localport failed: ret=ffffffef and with a kernel crash, BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070 Workqueue: events_unbound qla_register_fcport_fn [qla2xxx] RIP: 0010:nvme_fc_register_remoteport+0x16/0x430 [nvme_fc] RSP: 0018:ffffaaa040eb3d98 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9dfb46b78c00 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff9dfb46b78da8 RSI: ffffaaa040eb3e08 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff9dfb612a0a58 R08: ffffffffaf1d6270 R09: 3a34303a30303030 R10: 34303a303030305b R11: 2078787832616c71 R12: ffff9dfb46b78dd4 R13: ffff9dfb46b78c24 R14: ffff9dfb41525300 R15: ffff9dfb46b78da8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9dfc67c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000018da10004 CR4: 00000000000206f0 Call Trace: qla_nvme_register_remote+0xeb/0x1f0 [qla2xxx] ? qla2x00_dfs_create_rport+0x231/0x270 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_update_fcport+0x2a1/0x3c0 [qla2xxx] qla_register_fcport_fn+0x54/0xc0 [qla2xxx] Exit the qla_nvme_register_remote() function when qla_nvme_register_hba() fails and correctly validate nvme_local_port.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 40% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < 549aac9655320c9b245a24271b204668c5d40430
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < e1f010844443c389bc552884ac5cfa47de34d54c
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < a3ab508a4853a9f5ae25a7816a4889f09938f63c
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < cde43031df533751b4ead37d173922feee2f550f
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < 7cec2c3bfe84539c415f5e16f989228eba1d2f1e
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < f6be298cc1042f24d521197af29c7c4eb95af4d5
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < 3eac973eb5cb2b874b3918f924798afc5affd46b
- affected 8777e4314d397c4e3615dc02fe8537e571e3922f – < eb1d4ce2609584eeb7694866f34d4b213caa3af9
- affected 4.19
- unaffected < 4.19
- unaffected 4.19.320 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.282 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.224 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.165 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.103 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.44 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.3 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549aac9655320c9b245a24271b204668c5d40430 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1f010844443c389bc552884ac5cfa47de34d54c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ab508a4853a9f5ae25a7816a4889f09938f63c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde43031df533751b4ead37d173922feee2f550f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cec2c3bfe84539c415f5e16f989228eba1d2f1e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6be298cc1042f24d521197af29c7c4eb95af4d5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eac973eb5cb2b874b3918f924798afc5affd46b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1d4ce2609584eeb7694866f34d4b213caa3af9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-39509 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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