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CVE-2025-71238 json

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

published 2026-03-04 8 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-208273

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

Kernel panic observed on system,

[5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.sub Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W L ------- --- 5.14.0-503.34.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [5353358.825203] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11/ProLiant DL360 Gen11, BIOS 2.44 01/17/2025 [5353358.825204] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825211] RSP: 0018:ff591da8f4f6b710 EFLAGS: 00010246 [5353358.825212] RAX: ff5f5e897b024000 RBX: 0000000000007090 RCX: 0000000000001000 [5353358.825213] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ff591da8f4fed090 RDI: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825214] RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ff5f5e897b024000 R09: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825215] R10: ff46cf8c40517000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000008090 [5353358.825216] R13: ff591da8f4f6b720 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825218] FS: 00007f1e88d47740(0000) GS:ff46cf935f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [5353358.825219] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [5353358.825220] CR2: ff5f5e897b024000 CR3: 0000000231532004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 [5353358.825221] PKRU: 55555554 [5353358.825222] Call Trace: [5353358.825223] <TASK> [5353358.825224] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825229] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825232] ? sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825236] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [5353358.825238] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [5353358.825242] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110 [5353358.825244] ? exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150 [5353358.825247] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [5353358.825252] ? memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825253] sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825259] qla2x00_process_vendor_specific+0x652/0x1320 [qla2xxx] [5353358.825317] qla24xx_bsg_request+0x1b2/0x2d0 [qla2xxx]

Most routines in qla_bsg.c call bsg_done() only for success cases. However a few invoke it for failure case as well leading to a double free. Validate before calling bsg_done().

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-71238 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 7.3

kernel: Linux kernel (qla2xxx): Double free vulnerability leads to denial of service and potential privilege escalation.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
affected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) libperf 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13932
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, perf 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, rtla 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, python3-perf 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, +7 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6053
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:20593
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) rv 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, perf 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, rtla 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, python3-perf 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, +7 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:8342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) rv 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13932
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6571

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-64k 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-tools 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-modules 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, +28 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6053
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, +8 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:14165
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13664
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, +9 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6954
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.172.1.el9_2, +28 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:20593
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) kernel 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-64k 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-tools 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-modules 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, +27 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:8342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) bpftool 7.3.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, +28 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13932
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.190.1.el8_4, +8 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:14165
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.190.1.el8_6, +8 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13664
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.135.1.el8_8, +8 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6954
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6053
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) libperf 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:8342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.117.1.el8_10
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6571
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7 ELS) kernel-rt 3.10.0-1160.148.1.rt56.1300.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-1160.148.1.rt56.1300.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1160.148.1.rt56.1300.el7
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:10756
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6572
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, +14 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6053
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:19875
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, +14 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:8342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13932
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6053
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.172.1.rt14.457.el9_2, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:19875
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-kvm 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.68.1.el10_0, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:8342
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.124.1.el9_4, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:13932
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.117.1.rt7.458.el8_10, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:6572
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) perf 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-1160.148.1.el7
fixed: vendor fix “To mitigate this issue, prevent module qla2xxx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.” RHSA-2026:9870

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-10)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-415 Double Free

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-71238
NVD CVE-2025-71238

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.