CVE-2024-42286

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Aug 4, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 17, 2024
Last modified
Aug 4, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-42286: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix