# CVE-2024-42287: scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock

> A race condition in the qla2xxx SCSI driver causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference and system crash during NPIV and firmware reset operations.

- **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:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-48975, BELL-CVE-2024-42287, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42287, GHSA-qw3c-xh2p-rwmf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42287

## What is CVE-2024-42287?

CVE-2024-42287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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: Complete command early within lock

A crash was observed while performing NPIV and FW reset,

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001c
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT_RT SMP NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x51/0x1e0
 RSP: 0018:ffffc90026f47b88 EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000021 RCX: 0000000000000002
 RDX: 0000000000000021 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8881041130d0
 RBP: ffff8881041130d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034
 R10: ffffc90026f47c48 R11: 0000000000000031 R12: 0000000000000000
 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881565e4a20 R15: 0000000000000000
 FS: 00007f4c69ed3d00(0000) GS:ffff889faac80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 0000000288a50002 CR4: 00000000007706e0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60
 ? page_fault_oops+0x16f/0x4a0
 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x174/0x7f0
 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x1a0
 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
 ? dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x51/0x1e0
 ? preempt_count_sub+0x96/0xe0
 qla2xxx_qpair_sp_free_dma+0x29f/0x3b0 [qla2xxx]
 qla2xxx_qpair_sp_compl+0x60/0x80 [qla2xxx]
 __qla2x00_abort_all_cmds+0xa2/0x450 [qla2xxx]

The command completion was done early while aborting the commands in driver
unload path but outside lock to avoid the WARN_ON condition of performing
dma_free_attr within the lock. However this caused race condition while
command completion via multiple paths causing system crash.

Hence complete the command early in unload path but within the lock to
avoid race condition.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42287?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-42287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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-2024-42287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-42287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42287

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