# CVE-2021-46963: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash in qla2xxx\_mqueuecommand()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.19.191, 5.4.118, 5.4
- Published: 2024-02-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.19.90, fixed in 4.19.191; from 5.4.4, fixed in 5.4.118; from 5.3.17, fixed in 5.4
- Linux: 5.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash in qla2xxx_mqueuecommand() RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_free+0xfa/0x1b0 Call Trace: qla2xxx_mqueuecommand+0x2b5/0x2c0 [qla2xxx] scsi_queue_rq+0x5e2/0xa40 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0x128/0x1d0 blk_mq_request_issue_directly+0x4e/0xb0 Fix incorrect call to free srb in qla2xxx_mqueuecommand(), as srb is now allocated by upper layers. This fixes smatch warning of srb unintended free.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ab9b67d8b061de74e2ca51bf787ee599bd7f89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77509a238547863040a42d57c72403f7d4c89a8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/702cdaa2c6283c135ef16d52e0e4e3c1005aa538
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ef24175df2cba3860d0369d1c662b49ee2de56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a73208e3244127ef9f2cdf24e4adb947aaa32053
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6641df81ab799f28a5d564f860233dd26cca0d93

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