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CVE-2025-68741
published 2025-12-24

CVE-2025-68741: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item In qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(), an item…

PriorityP346critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.37%
30.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item In qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(), an item is allocated via qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt(), which internally calls qla24xx_alloc_purex_item(). The qla24xx_alloc_purex_item() function may return a pre-allocated item from a per-adapter pool for small allocations, instead of dynamically allocating memory with kzalloc(). An error handling path in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() incorrectly uses kfree() to release the item. If the item was from the pre-allocated pool, calling kfree() on it is a bug that can lead to memory corruption. Fix this by using the correct deallocation function, qla24xx_free_purex_item(), which properly handles both dynamically allocated and pre-allocated items.

Affected

37 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.13-1 (forky)linux 6.17.13-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c < 4bccd506a1f1ab01d1f45b2a3effff6bedc73cf94bccd506a1f1ab01d1f45b2a3effff6bedc73cf9
linuxlinux>= 875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c < 8e9f0a0717ba31d5842721627ade1e62d7aec0128e9f0a0717ba31d5842721627ade1e62d7aec012
linuxlinux>= 875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c < cfe3e2f768d248fd3d965d561d0768a56dd0b9f8cfe3e2f768d248fd3d965d561d0768a56dd0b9f8
linuxlinux>= 875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c < 5fa1c8226b4532ad7011d295d3ab4ad45df105ae5fa1c8226b4532ad7011d295d3ab4ad45df105ae
linuxlinux>= 875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c < 78b1a242fe612a755f2158fd206ee6bb577d18ca78b1a242fe612a755f2158fd206ee6bb577d18ca
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.13-16.17.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-19.196.17.0-19.19
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.136.17.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.18.0 < 6.18.26.18.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6.0 < 6.6.1206.6.120
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.636.12.63
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.117.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.119.3-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.119.3-3_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fips
ubuntulinux-fips
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.8
ubuntulinux-gcp-fips
ubuntulinux-hwe-6.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.2HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.2HIGH
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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