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Worse, for the dma_pool members it issued\ndma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ...) after s_dma_pool had already been\ndestroyed and set to NULL at fail_s_dma_pool, dereferencing a NULL pool.\n\nClear each freed pointer (and its DMA handle) in the error labels so the\nsubsequent qla2x00_mem_free() skips them.","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:21:32.582Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T12:37:13.602Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"e6732abc33c41772192ef8717354a5574a5c2ebf","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"aea0901d35beb3acc8a4086fb00c5b9c0e9c83ab","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"d3dee064ab9d705f6f652c639c55d7ea74df87cc","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"5e0d6ffabbbd86b3fb9168b9dbb62190ecb20d84","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"84f5de696b8c924aeb4bf430a0bdc762fc50e99f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"a57570229edb7a0990d5c8067daeb9ac8858a961","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"286d9594a022dd7e0caa3de9daa63b896bc70d43","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d64d6c5671db5e693a0caaee79f2571b098749c9","status":"affected","lessThan":"6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8540351ee8a4d540b1b7ee64b88d5e42c7c0bfbc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7142b10b87d5b393a0688358b16a4b1d3680ec7d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.14.27","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.15.10","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.16","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.273","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.224","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6732abc33c41772192ef8717354a5574a5c2ebf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea0901d35beb3acc8a4086fb00c5b9c0e9c83ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3dee064ab9d705f6f652c639c55d7ea74df87cc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e0d6ffabbbd86b3fb9168b9dbb62190ecb20d84","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84f5de696b8c924aeb4bf430a0bdc762fc50e99f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a57570229edb7a0990d5c8067daeb9ac8858a961","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/286d9594a022dd7e0caa3de9daa63b896bc70d43","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T12:56:04.490Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97532.json","commit":"1f312381e38164a43607eebab851b151dd16861e","baselineCommit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97532","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:21:32.582Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:37:13.602Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-24T16:01:01.153Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path\n\nWhen qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to\nprobe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00_mem_free(). 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