5.5

CVE-2025-71235: scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71235DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71235
Published 18-02-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-71235 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 42 · Related 36
DLA-4498-1DLA-4499-1DSA-6141-1DSA-6163-1MGASA-2026-0097MGASA-2026-0098

Timeline

  1. 18-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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] <IRQ> [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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.12% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu156 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-134.134
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1060.63
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < d8af012f92eee021c6ebb7093e65813c926c336b | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < 891f9969a29e9767a453cef4811c8d2472ccab49 | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < 984dc1a51bf6fc3ca4e726abe790ec38952935d8 | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < 528b2f1027edfb52af0171f0f4b227fb356dde05 | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < d70f71d4c92bcb8b6a21ac62d4ea3e87721f4f32 | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < c068ebbaf52820d6bdefb9b405a1e426663c635a | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < 7062eb0c488f35730334daad9495d9265c574853 | ≥ 783e0dc4f66ade6bbd8833b6bae778158d54c1a6, < 8890bf450e0b6b283f48ac619fca5ac2f14ddd62 | 4.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.8, < 5.10.251 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.201 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.164 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.125 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.72 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.11 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.164-1 | < 6.12.73-1 | < 6.18.12-1

3 vendors · 159 products

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