Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Hold vport_slock for host map update in report ID acquisition qla24xx_report_id_acquisition() format-1 handling drops vport_slock after taking the vport reference and then calls qla_update_host_map() without the lock. That reaches qla_update_vp_map(), which mutates the ha->host_map btree via btree_insert32()/btree_update32()/btree_remove32() and is documented to require vport_slock to be held by the caller. Running it unlocked can race concurrent host_map updates and corrupt the btree. The format-2 path in the same function already wraps its host_map update (SET_AL_PA) in vport_slock; the format-1 path is the lone outlier. Hold vport_slock across the format-1 qla_update_host_map() call to honor the documented locking contract. The vref_count taken in the loop keeps the vport valid, so this only adds the missing host_map serialization.
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ed66e2a67bbd22877008ff9aa64bd574a7fc011
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/776e4e8cbcf155302f430ce9793d1502e3c113a0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7944039ba9cb5c3a935d17c91004e3b8649ff58e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d0b3f745efb24c0aac5e06b49b3420bc65d23b9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8f1b0cb9782338c6341ceed816e9c1243743cdd
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 27 · as of 8 November 2026
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