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HistoryAug 17, 2024 - 9:08 a.m.

CVE-2024-42286 scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly

2024-08-1709:08:52
Linux
github.com
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linux kernel
vulnerability
cve-2024-42286
nvme local port
qla2xxx scsi driver

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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.

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial