In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device()
There is a null-ptr-deref issue reported by KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod]
...
 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0
 target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod]
 core_dev_setup_virtual_lun0+0xef/0x1f0 [target_core_mod]
 target_core_init_configfs+0x205/0x420 [target_core_mod]
 do_one_initcall+0xdd/0x4e0
...
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
In target_alloc_device(), if allocing memory for dev queues fails, then
dev will be freed by dev->transport->free_device(), but dev->transport
is not initialized at that time, which will lead to a null pointer
reference problem.
Fixing this bug by freeing dev with hba->backend->ops->free_device().
                
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                    Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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Wed, 14 May 2025 02:30:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared | Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 | |
| Vendors & Products | Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux | 
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10.180:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Linux Linux linux Kernel | 
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000
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| Metrics | threat_severity 
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device() There is a null-ptr-deref issue reported by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod] ... kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod] core_dev_setup_virtual_lun0+0xef/0x1f0 [target_core_mod] target_core_init_configfs+0x205/0x420 [target_core_mod] do_one_initcall+0xdd/0x4e0 ... entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e In target_alloc_device(), if allocing memory for dev queues fails, then dev will be freed by dev->transport->free_device(), but dev->transport is not initialized at that time, which will lead to a null pointer reference problem. Fixing this bug by freeing dev with hba->backend->ops->free_device(). | |
| Title | scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device() | |
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-11-07T09:31:29.791Z
Updated: 2025-10-01T20:27:13.057Z
Reserved: 2024-10-21T19:36:19.960Z
Link: CVE-2024-50153
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-10-01T15:18:02.716Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2024-11-07T10:15:06.917
Modified: 2025-10-01T21:15:54.190
Link: CVE-2024-50153
 Redhat
                        Redhat