{"id":"CVE-2024-42286","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-42286","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:23.867Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly\n\nThe driver load failed with error message,\n\nqla2xxx [0000:04:00.0]-ffff:0: register_localport failed: ret=ffffffef\n\nand with a kernel crash,\n\n\tBUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070\n\tWorkqueue: events_unbound qla_register_fcport_fn [qla2xxx]\n\tRIP: 0010:nvme_fc_register_remoteport+0x16/0x430 [nvme_fc]\n\tRSP: 0018:ffffaaa040eb3d98 EFLAGS: 00010282\n\tRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9dfb46b78c00 RCX: 0000000000000000\n\tRDX: ffff9dfb46b78da8 RSI: ffffaaa040eb3e08 RDI: 0000000000000000\n\tRBP: ffff9dfb612a0a58 R08: ffffffffaf1d6270 R09: 3a34303a30303030\n\tR10: 34303a303030305b R11: 2078787832616c71 R12: ffff9dfb46b78dd4\n\tR13: ffff9dfb46b78c24 R14: ffff9dfb41525300 R15: ffff9dfb46b78da8\n\tFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9dfc67c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n\tCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n\tCR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000018da10004 CR4: 00000000000206f0\n\tCall Trace:\n\tqla_nvme_register_remote+0xeb/0x1f0 [qla2xxx]\n\t? qla2x00_dfs_create_rport+0x231/0x270 [qla2xxx]\n\tqla2x00_update_fcport+0x2a1/0x3c0 [qla2xxx]\n\tqla_register_fcport_fn+0x54/0xc0 [qla2xxx]\n\nExit the qla_nvme_register_remote() function when qla_nvme_register_hba()\nfails and correctly validate nvme_local_port.","published":"2024-08-17T09:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T11:19:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00885,"percentile":0.58985,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eac973eb5cb2b874b3918f924798afc5affd46b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549aac9655320c9b245a24271b204668c5d40430","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cec2c3bfe84539c415f5e16f989228eba1d2f1e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ab508a4853a9f5ae25a7816a4889f09938f63c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde43031df533751b4ead37d173922feee2f550f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1f010844443c389bc552884ac5cfa47de34d54c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1d4ce2609584eeb7694866f34d4b213caa3af9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6be298cc1042f24d521197af29c7c4eb95af4d5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42286","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}