Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-71232scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop, [61110.449331] qla2xxx [0000:27:00.0]-0042:0: Disabled MSI-X. [61110.467494] ============================================================================= [61110.467498] BUG qla2xxx_srbs (Tainted: G OE -------- --- ): Objects remaining in qla2xxx_srbs on __kmem_cache_shutdown() [61110.467501] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [61110.467502] Slab 0x000000000ffc8162 objects=51 used=1 fp=0x00000000e25d3d85 flags=0x57ffffc0010200(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [61110.467509] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1 [61110.467513] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023 [61110.467515] Call Trace: [61110.467516] <TASK> [61110.467519] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48 [61110.467526] slab_err.cold+0x53/0x67 [61110.467534] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x16e/0x320 [61110.467540] kmem_cache_destroy+0x51/0x160 [61110.467544] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx] [61110.467607] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280 [61110.467613] ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x145/0x1d0 [61110.467616] ? do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90 [61110.467619] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150 [61110.467622] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [61110.467626] </TASK> [61110.467627] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [61110.467635] Object 0x0000000026f7e6e6 @offset=16000 [61110.467639] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [61110.467639] kmem_cache_destroy qla2xxx_srbs: Slab cache still has objects when called from qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx] [61110.467659] WARNING: CPU: 53 PID: 455206 at mm/slab_common.c:520 kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160 [61110.467718] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1 [61110.467720] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023 [61110.467721] RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160 [61110.467724] Code: 99 7d 07 00 48 89 ef e8 e1 6a 07 00 eb b3 48 8b 55 60 48 8b 4c 24 20 48 c7 c6 70 fc 66 90 48 c7 c7 f8 ef a1 90 e8 e1 ed 7c 00 <0f> 0b eb 93 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 [61110.467725] RSP: 0018:ffffa304e489fe80 EFLAGS: 00010282 [61110.467727] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffc0d9a860 RCX: 0000000000000027 [61110.467729] RDX: ffff8fd5ff9598a8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8fd5ff9598a0 [61110.467730] RBP: ffff8fb6aaf78700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000100d863b7 [61110.467731] R10: ffffa304e489fd20 R11: ffffffff913bef48 R12: 0000000040002000 [61110.467731] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [61110.467733] FS: 00007f64c89fb740(0000) GS:ffff8fd5ff940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [61110.467734] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [61110.467735] CR2: 00007f0f02bfe000 CR3: 00000020ad6dc005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [61110.467736] PKRU: 55555554 [61110.467737] Call Trace: [61110.467738] <TASK> [61110.467739] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx] [61110.467755] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280 Free sp in the error path to fix the crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.164-1DSA-6163-1
Debian:12linux6.1.164-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71232
Debian:13linux6.12.73-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71232
Debian:13linux6.12.73-1DSA-6141-1
Debian:14linux6.18.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-186.196UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-134.134USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-134.134UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1112.119UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1060.63USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1117.126UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1063.71USN-8606-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1063.71UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1USN-8606-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1117.126UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1062.69USN-8607-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1062.69UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1USN-8609-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1112.122UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1063.69USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1108.114UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1058.64UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1058.64USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1095.103UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1045.48USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1045.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.1USN-8619-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1106.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1060.61USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1060.61UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1107.113UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1104.109UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-184.194UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-134.134.1USN-8497-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-134.134.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1USN-8497-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1107.108UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1058.61USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1058.61.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1058.61.1USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1064.66UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1029.30USN-8498-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1029.30UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1053.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1109.115UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1057.58UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1057.58USN-8492-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1USN-8492-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1106.109UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1060.64UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1060.64USN-8492-4
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-134.134~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1032.33UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1032.33USN-8499-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1075.79UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71232

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before b410ab8b9431d6d63d04caa1d69909fcc8b25eaef352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before b74408de1f2264220979f0c6a5a9d5e50b5b534bf352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before 8e7597b4efee6143439641bc6522f247d585e060f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before aed16d37696f494288a291b4b477484ed0be774bf352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before 05fcd590e5fbbb3e9e1b4fc6c23c98a1d38cf256f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before f04840512438ac025dea6e357d80a986b28bbe4cf352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before 19ac050ef09a2f0a9d9787540f77bb45cf9033e8f352eeb75419d2b693df7cc5957f7427c2b9b3ea – before 7adbd2b7809066c75f0433e5e2a8e114b429f30f
Linux Linux 4.16

Weakness: CWE-401

References