{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-42288", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-07-30T07:40:12.262Z", "datePublished": "2024-08-17T09:08:53.466Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:36:24.496Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:36:24.496Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Fix for possible memory corruption\n\nInit Control Block is dereferenced incorrectly. Correctly dereference ICB" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The corrupting write lives on the qla2xxx adapter-initialization path, driven by locally-set module parameters/sysfs attributes and firmware-reported exchange limits, not by any remotely supplied data. Reaching it requires local access to the host that owns the FC HBA.\nAC:L - The bad dereference is unconditional and deterministic once the adapter is in target or dual mode with exchange offload enabled — no race, no timing window, and no dependence on memory layout the attacker cannot influence.\nPR:L - On an FC target deployment already configured for exchange offload (target/dual mode with counts above 2048), no elevated capability is needed to reach the corrupting path — it re-executes on every adapter re-initialization, which an ordinary local user with storage-stack access can induce via host-reset/ISP-abort paths.\nUI:N - The corruption occurs automatically during adapter initialization and re-initialization; no victim action of any kind is required.\nS:U - The corrupted `init_cb_size` and the resulting out-of-bounds writes and mismatched DMA frees all stay within the kernel's own security authority. No VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - An inflated `init_cb_size` is passed straight to `qla2x00_init_firmware()`, causing the HBA to DMA-read far past the ~5.2 KB coherent ICB allocation and expose adjacent kernel memory to the device; the page-allocator corruption from the mismatched `dma_free_coherent()` further yields read primitives over reused memory.\nI:H - The bug is a direct 16-bit write into an adjacent kernel struct field, which then drives `memset(ha->init_cb, 0, ha->init_cb_size)` out of bounds and frees page frames that were never allocated — classic heap/page-allocator corruption leveragable into a controlled write and control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Out-of-bounds writes and freeing unowned pages readily produce allocator corruption and kernel panics, and a malformed Init Control Block also leaves the HBA misconfigured, taking down storage connectivity on the affected host." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": 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