CVE-2025-68741

Linux Kernel 6.6.0-6.6.119, 6.7.0-6.12.62, 6.13.0-6.17.12, 6.18.0-6.18.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item In qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb(), an item is allocated via qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt(), which internally calls qla24xx_alloc_purex_item(). The qla24xx_alloc_purex_item() function may return a pre-allocated item from a per-adapter pool for small allocations, instead of dynamically allocating memory with kzalloc(). An error handling path in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() incorrectly uses kfree() to release the item. If the item was from the pre-allocated pool, calling kfree() on it is a bug that can lead to memory corruption. Fix this by using the correct deallocation function, qla24xx_free_purex_item(), which properly handles both dynamically allocated and pre-allocated items.

Scores

EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.4%

Details

Status published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.18.0 - 6.18.2linux
linux/Kernel 6.6.0 - 6.6.120linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.63linux
Linux/Linux < 6.6
Linux/Linux 6.12.63 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.13 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.2 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux 6.6
... and 6 more
Published Dec 24, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026