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Red Hat: CVE-2025-38289: kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service due to use-after-free in scsi: lpfc (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Added
Jul 14, 2025
Modified
May 13, 2026

Description

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

scsi: lpfc: Avoid potential ndlp use-after-free in dev_loss_tmo_callbk

Smatch detected a potential use-after-free of an ndlp oject in
dev_loss_tmo_callbk during driver unload or fatal error handling.

Fix by reordering code to avoid potential use-after-free if initial
nodelist reference has been previously removed.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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