scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out When both the RHBA and RPA FDMI requests time out, fnic reuses a frame to send ABTS for each of them. On send completion, this causes an attempt to free the same frame twice that leads to a crash. Fix crash by allocating separate frames for RHBA and RPA, and modify ABTS logic accordingly. Tested by checking MDS for FDMI information. Tested by using instrumented driver to: - Drop PLOGI response - Drop RHBA response - Drop RPA response - Drop RHBA and RPA response - Drop PLOGI response + ABTS response - Drop RHBA response + ABTS response - Drop RPA response + ABTS response - Drop RHBA and RPA response + ABTS response for both of them
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.15.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38238
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 18:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 9 Jul 2025, 10:42 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out When both the RHBA and RPA FDMI requests time out, fnic reuses a frame to send ABTS for each of them. On send completion, this causes an attempt to free the same frame twice that leads to a crash. Fix crash by allocating separate frames for RHBA and RPA, and modify ABTS logic accordingly. Tested by checking MDS for FDMI information. Tested by using instrumented driver to: - Drop PLOGI response - Drop RHBA response - Drop RPA response - Drop RHBA and RPA response - Drop PLOGI response + ABTS response - Drop RHBA response + ABTS response - Drop RPA response + ABTS response - Drop RHBA and RPA response + ABTS response for both of them
osv:CVE-2025-38238
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.15.5
Complete source record
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