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Red Hat: CVE-2024-26930: kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-26930: kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/01/2024
Created
09/14/2024
Added
09/13/2024
Modified
09/13/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer Coverity scan reported potential risk of double free of the pointer ha->vp_map. ha->vp_map was freed in qla2x00_mem_alloc(), and again freed in function qla2x00_mem_free(ha). Assign NULL to vp_map and kfree take care of NULL.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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