{"cve":"CVE-2024-42286","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T09:15:09.380","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:46.870","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: validate nvme_local_port correctly\n\nThe driver load failed with error message,\n\nqla2xxx [0000:04:00.0]-ffff:0: register_localport failed: ret=ffffffef\n\nand with a kernel crash,\n\n\tBUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070\n\tWorkqueue: events_unbound qla_register_fcport_fn [qla2xxx]\n\tRIP: 0010:nvme_fc_register_remoteport+0x16/0x430 [nvme_fc]\n\tRSP: 0018:ffffaaa040eb3d98 EFLAGS: 00010282\n\tRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9dfb46b78c00 RCX: 0000000000000000\n\tRDX: ffff9dfb46b78da8 RSI: ffffaaa040eb3e08 RDI: 0000000000000000\n\tRBP: ffff9dfb612a0a58 R08: ffffffffaf1d6270 R09: 3a34303a30303030\n\tR10: 34303a303030305b R11: 2078787832616c71 R12: ffff9dfb46b78dd4\n\tR13: ffff9dfb46b78c24 R14: ffff9dfb41525300 R15: ffff9dfb46b78da8\n\tFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9dfc67c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n\tCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n\tCR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000018da10004 CR4: 00000000000206f0\n\tCall Trace:\n\tqla_nvme_register_remote+0xeb/0x1f0 [qla2xxx]\n\t? qla2x00_dfs_create_rport+0x231/0x270 [qla2xxx]\n\tqla2x00_update_fcport+0x2a1/0x3c0 [qla2xxx]\n\tqla_register_fcport_fn+0x54/0xc0 [qla2xxx]\n\nExit the qla_nvme_register_remote() function when qla_nvme_register_hba()\nfails and correctly validate nvme_local_port.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eac973eb5cb2b874b3918f924798afc5affd46b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549aac9655320c9b245a24271b204668c5d40430","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cec2c3bfe84539c415f5e16f989228eba1d2f1e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ab508a4853a9f5ae25a7816a4889f09938f63c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde43031df533751b4ead37d173922feee2f550f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42286","score":0.00885,"percentile":0.59257,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}