In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla4xxx: Prevent a potential error pointer dereference The qla4xxx_get_ep_fwdb() function is supposed to return NULL on error, but qla4xxx_ep_connect() returns error pointers. Propagating the error pointers will lead to an Oops in the caller, so change the error pointers to NULL.
History

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla4xxx: Prevent a potential error pointer dereference The qla4xxx_get_ep_fwdb() function is supposed to return NULL on error, but qla4xxx_ep_connect() returns error pointers. Propagating the error pointers will lead to an Oops in the caller, so change the error pointers to NULL.
Title scsi: qla4xxx: Prevent a potential error pointer dereference
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-05T17:20:42.270Z

Updated: 2025-09-05T17:20:42.270Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.112Z

Link: CVE-2025-39676

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-05T18:15:43.900

Modified: 2025-09-08T16:25:38.810

Link: CVE-2025-39676

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39676 - Bugzilla