---
id: CVE-2026-97532
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path

  When qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to
  probe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path

  When qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to
  probe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    a57570229edb7a0990d5c8067daeb9ac8858a961
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    286d9594a022dd7e0caa3de9daa63b896bc70d43
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux < 7.2.7
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T11:17:03.413'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97532'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/286d9594a022dd7e0caa3de9daa63b896bc70d43'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d90f0feb929f6c0f3010f9af4747c7230b75993'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a57570229edb7a0990d5c8067daeb9ac8858a961'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T11:06:38.925Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Null out freed pointers in qla2x00_mem_alloc() error path

When qla2x00_mem_alloc() fails, qla2x00_probe_one() jumps to
probe_hw_failed and calls qla2x00_mem_free(). Several error labels in
qla2x00_mem_alloc() freed adapter members (elsrej.c, purex_dma_pool,
flt, sfp_data, loop_id_map, async_pd, sf_init_cb, ex_init_cb, npiv_info)
but left the pointers dangling. qla2x00_mem_free() then freed them a
second time. Worse, for the dma_pool members it issued
dma_pool_free(ha->s_dma_pool, ...) after s_dma_pool had already been
destroyed and set to NULL at fail_s_dma_pool, dereferencing a NULL pool.

Clear each freed pointer (and its DMA handle) in the error labels so the
subsequent qla2x00_mem_free() skips them.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.