# CVE-2024-56747: scsi: qedi: Fix a possible memory leak in qedi\_alloc\_and\_init\_sb()

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-29 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedi: Fix a possible memory leak in qedi_alloc_and_init_sb() Hook "qedi_ops->common->sb_init = qed_sb_init" does not release the DMA memory sb_virt when it fails. Add dma_free_coherent() to free it. This is the same way as qedr_alloc_mem_sb() and qede_alloc_mem_sb().

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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/4e48e5b26b3edc0e1dd329201ffc924a7a1f9337
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaf92fad1f21be63427920c12f22227e5f757424
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4d2011cbe039b25024831427b60ab91ee247066
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb8b45883eb072adba297922b67d1467082ac880
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b778b5240485106abf665eb509cc01779ed0cb00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10a6fc486ac40a410f0fb84cc15161238eccd20a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfc76acaf2c4b43d1e140f1e4cbde15adb540bc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20b775cf274cfbfa3da871a1108877e17b8b19e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95bbdca4999bc59a72ebab01663d421d6ce5775d

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