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Linux Kernel CVE-2025-71238

HIGH
Double Free (CWE-415)
2026-03-04 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Information Disclosure Linux Red Hat Linux Kernel Suse
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.3 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 09, 2026 - 08:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 22:05 vuln.today
CVE Published
Mar 04, 2026 - 15:16 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

Kernel panic observed on system,

[5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.sub Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W L ------- --- 5.14.0-503.34.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [5353358.825203] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11/ProLiant DL360 Gen11, BIOS 2.44 01/17/2025 [5353358.825204] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825211] RSP: 0018:ff591da8f4f6b710 EFLAGS: 00010246 [5353358.825212] RAX: ff5f5e897b024000 RBX: 0000000000007090 RCX: 0000000000001000 [5353358.825213] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ff591da8f4fed090 RDI: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825214] RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ff5f5e897b024000 R09: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825215] R10: ff46cf8c40517000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000008090 [5353358.825216] R13: ff591da8f4f6b720 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825218] FS: 00007f1e88d47740(0000) GS:ff46cf935f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [5353358.825219] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [5353358.825220] CR2: ff5f5e897b024000 CR3: 0000000231532004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 [5353358.825221] PKRU: 55555554 [5353358.825222] Call Trace: [5353358.825223] <TASK> [5353358.825224] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825229] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825232] ? sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825236] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [5353358.825238] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [5353358.825242] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110 [5353358.825244] ? exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150 [5353358.825247] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [5353358.825252] ? memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825253] sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825259] qla2x00_process_vendor_specific+0x652/0x1320 [qla2xxx] [5353358.825317] qla24xx_bsg_request+0x1b2/0x2d0 [qla2xxx]

Most routines in qla_bsg.c call bsg_done() only for success cases. However a few invoke it for failure case as well leading to a double free. Validate before calling bsg_done().

AnalysisAI

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

Kernel panic observed on system,

[5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.sub Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W L ------- --- 5.14.0-503.34.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [5353358.825203] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11/ProLiant DL360 Gen11, BIOS 2.44 01/17/2025 [5353358.825204] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825211] RSP: 0018:ff591da8f4f6b710 EFLAGS: 00010246 [5353358.825212] RAX: ff5f5e897b024000 RBX: 0000000000007090 RCX: 0000000000001000 [5353358.825213] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ff591da8f4fed090 RDI: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825214] RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ff5f5e897b024000 R09: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825215] R10: ff46cf8c40517000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000008090 [5353358.825216] R13: ff591da8f4f6b720 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825218] FS: 00007f1e88d47740(0000) GS:ff46cf935f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [5353358.825219] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [5353358.825220] CR2: ff5f5e897b024000 CR3: 0000000231532004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 [5353358.825221] PKRU: 55555554 [5353358.825222] Call Trace: [5353358.825223] <TASK> [5353358.825224] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825229] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825232] ? sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825236] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [5353358.825238] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [5353358.825242] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110 [5353358.825244] ? exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150 [5353358.825247] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [5353358.825252] ? memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825253] sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825259] qla2x00_process_vendor_specific+0x652/0x1320 [qla2xxx] [5353358.825317] qla24xx_bsg_request+0x1b2/0x2d0 [qla2xxx]

Most routines in qla_bsg.c call bsg_done() only for success cases.

Technical ContextAI

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

Kernel panic observed on system,

[5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.su

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch.

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Severity: High
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