# CVE-2024-49852: scsi: elx: libefc: Fix potential use after free in efc\_nport\_vport\_del()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: elx: libefc: Fix potential use after free in efc_nport_vport_del() The kref_put() function will call nport->release if the refcount drops to zero. The nport->release release function is _efc_nport_free() which frees "nport". But then we dereference "nport" on the next line which is a use after free. Re-order these lines to avoid the use after free.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a570f07d870a285b0c0b0d1ca4dff79e8aa5ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc71e89170ed32ecf0a5a29f31aa711e143e941
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baeb8628ab7f4577740f00e439d3fdf7c876b0ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c2908985e4ae0ea1b526b3916de9e5351650908
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98752fcd076a8cbc978016eae7125b4971be1eec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4b02fad094976763af08fec2c620f4f8edd9ae

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