CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-97537
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e6f60adf609c77e828f64e0cd371920bef91c12 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a40e0dff940ac5eba494a69b553ea571e24873 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56e25d716833604fd5bff388e472f290bfe793aa git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94fc0c5b45de2bf3a691619bcfd10b9a49fc647e git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f35cb67f2092b49d7949065dd56895ed47238f22 git.kernel.org