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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-71236" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-02-18T14:53:21.339Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:25:24.730Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71236" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71236.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71236" title: "scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory\n\nSystem crash with the following signature\n[154563.214890] nvme nvme2: NVME-FC{1}: controller connect complete\n[154564.169363] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-3002:2: nvme: Sched: Set ZIO exchange threshold to 3.\n[154564.169405] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-ffffff:2: SET ZIO Activity exchange threshold to 5.\n[154565.539974] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed – 0078 0080 0000.\n[154565.545744] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-5013:2: RSCN database changed – 0078 00a0 0000.\n[154565.545857] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate).\n[154565.552760] qla2xxx [0000:b0:00.1]-11a2:2: FEC=enabled (data rate).\n[154565.553079] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000f8\n[154565.553080] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[154565.553082] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[154565.553084] PGD 80000010488ab067 P4D 80000010488ab067 PUD 104978a067 PMD 0\n[154565.553089] Oops: 0000 1 PREEMPT SMP PTI\n[154565.553092] CPU: 10 PID: 858 Comm: qla2xxx_2_dpc Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE ------- --- 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1\n[154565.553096] Hardware name: HPE Synergy 660 Gen10/Synergy 660 Gen10 Compute Module, BIOS I43 09/30/2024\n[154565.553097] RIP: 0010:qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx]\n[154565.553141] Code: 00 00 e8 58 a3 ec d4 49 89 e9 ba 12 20 00 00 4c 89 e6 49 c7 c0 00 ee a8 c0 48 c7 c1 66 c0 a9 c0 bf 00 80 00 10 e8 15 69 00 00 \u003c4c\u003e 8b 8d f8 00 00 00 4d 85 c9 74 35 49 8b 84 24 00 19 00 00 48 8b\n[154565.553143] RSP: 0018:ffffb4dbc8aebdd0 EFLAGS: 00010286\n[154565.553145] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8ec2cf0908d0 RCX: 0000000000000002\n[154565.553147] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffc0a9c896 RDI: ffffb4dbc8aebd47\n[154565.553148] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffb4dbc8aebd45 R09: 0000000000ffff0a\n[154565.553150] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000000000f R12: ffff8ec2cf0908d0\n[154565.553151] R13: ffff8ec2cf090900 R14: 0000000000000102 R15: ffff8ec2cf084000\n[154565.553152] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8ed27f800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[154565.553154] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[154565.553155] CR2: 00000000000000f8 CR3: 000000113ae0a005 CR4: 00000000007706f0\n[154565.553157] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[154565.553158] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[154565.553159] PKRU: 55555554\n[154565.553160] Call Trace:\n[154565.553162] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[154565.553165] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df\n[154565.553172] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df\n[154565.553177] ? qla_fab_async_scan.part.0+0x40b/0x870 [qla2xxx]\n[154565.553215] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd\n[154565.553218] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170\n[154565.553223] ? snprintf+0x49/0x70\n[154565.553229] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150\n[154565.553238] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n\nCheck for sp being non NULL before freeing any associated memory" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"85c0890fea6baeba9c4ae6ae090182cbb1a93fb2"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a46f81c1e627437de436e517f5fd4b725c15a1e6"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"044131fce27749cb6ea986baf861fbe63c6d8a17"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"949010291bb941d53733ed08a33454254d9afb1b"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"40ae93668226b610edb952c6036f607a61750b57"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1a9585e4c58d1f1662b3ca46110ed4f583082ce5"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"944378ead9a48d5d50e9e3cc85e4cdb911c37ca1"},{"version":"a4239945b8ad112fb914d0605c8f6c5fd3330f61","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b6df15aec8c3441357d4da0eaf4339eb20f5999f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.16"},{"version":"5.10.251","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.201","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.164","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.125","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.72","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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