# CVE-2024-26760: scsi: target: pscsi: Fix bio\_put() for error case

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: pscsi: Fix bio_put() for error case As of commit 066ff571011d ("block: turn bio_kmalloc into a simple kmalloc wrapper"), a bio allocated by bio_kmalloc() must be freed by bio_uninit() and kfree(). That is not done properly for the error case, hitting WARN and NULL pointer dereference in bio_free().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f49b20fd0134da84a6bd8108f9e73c077b7d6231
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ebc079f0c7dcda1270843ab0f38ab4edb8f7921
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cfe9489fb563e9a0c9cdc5ca68257a44428c2ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de959094eb2197636f7c803af0943cb9d3b35804

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