CVE-2024-42286 scsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly
A null pointer dereference in the qla2xxx SCSI driver causes a kernel crash when NVMe local port validation fails, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-42286?
CVE-2024-42286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42286?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42286?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-42286 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42286 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-48972, BELL-CVE-2024-42286, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42286, GHSA-f58v-43c6-f6hf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42286.