# CVE-2024-26930: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha-\>vp\_map pointer

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of the ha->vp_map pointer Coverity scan reported potential risk of double free of the pointer ha->vp_map. ha->vp_map was freed in qla2x00_mem_alloc(), and again freed in function qla2x00_mem_free(ha). Assign NULL to vp_map and kfree take care of NULL.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f14cee7a882cb79528f17a2335f53e9fd1848467
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7deb675d674f44e0ddbab87fee8f9f098925e73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/825d63164a2e6bacb059a9afb5605425b485413f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e288285d47784fdcf7c81be56df7d65c6f10c58b

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