CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38695

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel lpfc SCSI driver, if lpfc_sli4_read_rev() called from lpfc_sli4_hba_setup() fails, the cleanup routine lpfc_sli4_vport_delete_fcp_xri_aborted() may run before sli4_hba.hdwqs are allocated. This causes a NULL pointer dereference when accessing the first hardware queue.

Risk Assessment

A NULL dereference in the kernel can cause a system panic during HBA port initialization, leading to host unavailability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds a NULL pointer check on phba->sli4_hba.hdwq and an early return.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Check for hdwq null ptr when cleaning up lpfc_vport structure If a call to lpfc_sli4_read_rev() from lpfc_sli4_hba_setup() fails, the resultant cleanup routine lpfc_sli4_vport_delete_fcp_xri_aborted() may occur before sli4_hba.hdwqs are allocated. This may result in a null pointer dereference when attempting to take the abts_io_buf_list_lock for the first hardware queue. Fix by adding a null ptr check on phba->sli4_hba.hdwq and early return because this situation means there must have been an error during port initialization.

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