Linux Kern. qla2xxx SCSI Driver Crash Fixed via sp Free in Err Path
CVE-2025-71232 Published on February 18, 2026
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop,
[61110.449331] qla2xxx [0000:27:00.0]-0042:0: Disabled MSI-X.
[61110.467494] =============================================================================
[61110.467498] BUG qla2xxx_srbs (Tainted: G OE -------- --- ): Objects remaining in qla2xxx_srbs on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
[61110.467501] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[61110.467502] Slab 0x000000000ffc8162 objects=51 used=1 fp=0x00000000e25d3d85 flags=0x57ffffc0010200(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
[61110.467509] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467513] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467515] Call Trace:
[61110.467516] <TASK>
[61110.467519] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[61110.467526] slab_err.cold+0x53/0x67
[61110.467534] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x16e/0x320
[61110.467540] kmem_cache_destroy+0x51/0x160
[61110.467544] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467607] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
[61110.467613] ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x145/0x1d0
[61110.467616] ? do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[61110.467619] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[61110.467622] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[61110.467626] </TASK>
[61110.467627] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[61110.467635] Object 0x0000000026f7e6e6 @offset=16000
[61110.467639] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[61110.467639] kmem_cache_destroy qla2xxx_srbs: Slab cache still has objects when called from qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467659] WARNING: CPU: 53 PID: 455206 at mm/slab_common.c:520 kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467718] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467720] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467721] RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467724] Code: 99 7d 07 00 48 89 ef e8 e1 6a 07 00 eb b3 48 8b 55 60 48 8b 4c 24 20 48 c7 c6 70 fc 66 90 48 c7 c7 f8 ef a1 90 e8 e1 ed 7c 00 <0f> 0b eb 93 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89
[61110.467725] RSP: 0018:ffffa304e489fe80 EFLAGS: 00010282
[61110.467727] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffc0d9a860 RCX: 0000000000000027
[61110.467729] RDX: ffff8fd5ff9598a8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8fd5ff9598a0
[61110.467730] RBP: ffff8fb6aaf78700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000100d863b7
[61110.467731] R10: ffffa304e489fd20 R11: ffffffff913bef48 R12: 0000000040002000
[61110.467731] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[61110.467733] FS: 00007f64c89fb740(0000) GS:ffff8fd5ff940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[61110.467734] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[61110.467735] CR2: 00007f0f02bfe000 CR3: 00000020ad6dc005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[61110.467736] PKRU: 55555554
[61110.467737] Call Trace:
[61110.467738] <TASK>
[61110.467739] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467755] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
Free sp in the error path to fix the crash.
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below b410ab8b9431d6d63d04caa1d69909fcc8b25eae is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below b74408de1f2264220979f0c6a5a9d5e50b5b534b is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below 8e7597b4efee6143439641bc6522f247d585e060 is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below aed16d37696f494288a291b4b477484ed0be774b is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below 05fcd590e5fbbb3e9e1b4fc6c23c98a1d38cf256 is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below f04840512438ac025dea6e357d80a986b28bbe4c is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below 19ac050ef09a2f0a9d9787540f77bb45cf9033e8 is affected.
- Version f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea and below 7adbd2b7809066c75f0433e5e2a8e114b429f30f is affected.
- Version 4.16 is affected.
- Before 4.16 is unaffected.
- Version 5.10.251, <= 5.10.* is unaffected.
- Version 5.15.201, <= 5.15.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.164, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.125, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.72, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.11, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.19.1, <= 6.19.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.0-rc1, <= * is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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