In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop.
[105954.384919] RBP: ffff914589838dc0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000086
[105954.384920] R10: 000000000000000f R11: ffffa31240904be5 R12: ffff914605f868e0
[105954.384921] R13: ffff914605f86910 R14: 0000000000008010 R15: 00000000ddb7c000
[105954.384923] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9163fec40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[105954.384925] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[105954.384926] CR2: 000055d31ce1d6a0 CR3: 0000000119f5e001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[105954.384928] PKRU: 55555554
[105954.384929] Call Trace:
[105954.384931]
[105954.384934] qla24xx_sp_unmap+0x1f3/0x2a0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384962] ? qla_async_scan_sp_done+0x114/0x1f0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384980] ? qla24xx_els_ct_entry+0x4de/0x760 [qla2xxx]
[105954.384999] ? __wake_up_common+0x80/0x190
[105954.385004] ? qla24xx_process_response_queue+0xc2/0xaa0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.385023] ? qla24xx_msix_rsp_q+0x44/0xb0 [qla2xxx]
[105954.385040] ? __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x3d/0x190
[105954.385044] ? handle_irq_event+0x58/0xb0
[105954.385046] ? handle_edge_irq+0x93/0x240
[105954.385050] ? __common_interrupt+0x41/0xa0
[105954.385055] ? common_interrupt+0x3e/0xa0
[105954.385060] ? asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40
The root cause of this was that there was a free (dma_free_attrs) in the
interrupt context. There was a device discovery/fabric scan in
progress. A module unload was issued which set the UNLOADING flag. As
part of the discovery, after receiving an interrupt a work queue was
scheduled (which involved a work to be queued). Since the UNLOADING
flag is set, the work item was not allocated and the mapped memory had
to be freed. The free occurred in interrupt context leading to system
crash. Delay the driver unload until the fabric scan is complete to
avoid the crash.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it