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CVE-2024-42287 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.7

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Complete command early within lock A crash was observed while performing NPIV and FW reset, BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT_RT SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:dma_direct_unmap_sg+0x51/0x1e0 RSP: 0018:ffffc90026f47b88 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000021 RCX: 0000000000000002 RDX: 0000000000000021 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8881041130d0 RBP: ffff8881041130d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034 R10: ffffc90026f47c48 R11: 0000000000000031 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881565e4a20 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f4c69ed3d00(0000) GS:ffff889faac80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 0000000288a50002 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x16f/0x4a0 ? d…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.7 (3.1)
Published
2024-08-17
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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