# CVE-2024-26931: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull

> A null pointer dereference in the qla2xxx SCSI driver causes a system crash when a cable is pulled, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26931, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26931, GHSA-2x59-7x95-wr65, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26931

## What is CVE-2024-26931?

CVE-2024-26931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull

System crash due to command failed to flush back to SCSI layer.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 CPU: 27 PID: 793455 Comm: kworker/u130:6 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE    --------- -  - 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 #1
 Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/ProLiant DL360 Gen10, BIOS U32 09/03/2021
 Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work [nvme_fc]
 RIP: 0010:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x190
 Code: 24 10 4d 85 c9 74 0a 41 f6 01 04 0f 85 9d 00 00 00 48 8b 43 08 48 83 c3 08 4c 8d 48 e8 49 8d 41 18 48 39 c3 0f 84 f0 00 00 00 <49> 8b 41 18 89 54 24 08 31 ed 4c 8d 70 e8 45 8b 29 41 f6 c5 04 75
 RSP: 0018:ffff95f3e0cb7cd0 EFLAGS: 00010086
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8b08d3b26328 RCX: 0000000000000000
 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: ffff8b08d3b26320
 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffffffffe8
 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff95f3e0cb7a60 R12: ffff95f3e0cb7d20
 R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8b2fdf6c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000002f1e410002 CR4: 00000000007706e0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
  __wake_up_common_lock+0x7c/0xc0
  qla_nvme_ls_req+0x355/0x4c0 [qla2xxx]
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-f084:3: qlt_free_session_done: se_sess 0000000000000000 / sess ffff8ae1407ca000 from port 21:32:00:02:ac:07:ee:b8 loop_id 0x02 s_id 01:02:00 logout 1 keep 0 els_logo 0
 ? __nvme_fc_send_ls_req+0x260/0x380 [nvme_fc]
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-207d:3: FCPort 21:32:00:02:ac:07:ee:b8 state transitioned from ONLINE to LOST - portid=010200.
  ? nvme_fc_send_ls_req.constprop.42+0x1a/0x45 [nvme_fc]
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-2109:3: qla2x00_schedule_rport_del 21320002ac07eeb8. rport ffff8ae598122000 roles 1
 ? nvme_fc_connect_ctrl_work.cold.63+0x1e3/0xa7d [nvme_fc]
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-f084:3: qlt_free_session_done: se_sess 0000000000000000 / sess ffff8ae14801e000 from port 21:32:01:02:ad:f7:ee:b8 loop_id 0x04 s_id 01:02:01 logout 1 keep 0 els_logo 0
  ? __switch_to+0x10c/0x450
 ? process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-207d:3: FCPort 21:32:01:02:ad:f7:ee:b8 state transitioned from ONLINE to LOST - portid=010201.
  ? worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390
  ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-2109:3: qla2x00_schedule_rport_del 21320102adf7eeb8. rport ffff8ae3b2312800 roles 70
  ? kthread+0x10a/0x120
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-2112:3: qla_nvme_unregister_remote_port: unregister remoteport on ffff8ae14801e000 21320102adf7eeb8
  ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-2110:3: remoteport_delete of ffff8ae14801e000 21320102adf7eeb8 completed.
  ? ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
 qla2xxx [0000:12:00.1]-f086:3: qlt_free_session_done: waiting for sess ffff8ae14801e000 logout

The system was under memory stress where driver was not able to allocate an
SRB to carry out error recovery of cable pull.  The failure to flush causes
upper layer to start modifying scsi_cmnd.  When the system frees up some
memory, the subsequent cable pull trigger another command flush. At this
point the driver access a null pointer when attempting to DMA unmap the
SGL.

Add a check to make sure commands are flush back on session tear down to
prevent the null pointer access.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26931?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26931?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26931 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26931 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26931 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26931 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26931/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26931/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26931
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26931
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26931

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