🛡️ CVE-2025-71238 on Ubuntu — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free Kernel panic observed on system, [5353358.825191] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825194] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [5353358.825195] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [5353358.825196] PGD 100006067 P4D 0 [5353358.825198] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [5353358.825200] CPU: 5 PID: 2132085 Comm: qlafwupdate.sub Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W L ------- --- 5.14.0-503.34.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 [5353358.825203] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11/ProLiant DL360 Gen11, BIOS 2.44 01/17/2025 [5353358.825204] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825211] RSP: 0018:ff591da8f4f6b710 EFLAGS: 00010246 [5353358.825212] RAX: ff5f5e897b024000 RBX: 0000000000007090 RCX: 0000000000001000 [5353358.825213] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ff591da8f4fed090 RDI: ff5f5e897b024000 [5353358.825214] RBP: 0000000000010000 R08: ff5f5e897b024000 R09: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825215] R10: ff46cf8c40517000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000008090 [5353358.825216] R13: ff591da8f4f6b720 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000 [5353358.825218] FS: 00007f1e88d47740(0000) GS:ff46cf935f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [5353358.825219] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [5353358.825220] CR2: ff5f5e897b024000 CR3: 0000000231532004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 [5353358.825221] PKRU: 55555554 [5353358.825222] Call Trace: [5353358.825223] <TASK> [5353358.825224] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825229] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [5353358.825232] ? sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825236] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [5353358.825238] ? page_fault_oops+0x134/0x170 [5353358.825242] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x84/0x110 [5353358.825244] ? exc_page_fault+0xa8/0x150 [5353358.825247] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [5353358.825252] ? memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [5353358.825253] sg_copy_buffer+0xc8/0x110 [5353358.825259] qla2x00_process_vendor_specific+0x652/0x1320 [qla2xxx] [5353358.825317] qla24xx_bsg_request+0x1b2/0x2d0 [qla2xxx] Most routines in qla_bsg.c call bsg_done() only for success cases. However a few invoke it for failure case as well leading to a double free. Validate before calling bsg_done().

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-71238 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71238 is recorded against 145 packages.

linux
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1)
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.14
linux-aws-6.17
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-aws-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1)
linux-aws-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1)
linux-azure
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1)
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11

Show the remaining 121 packages

linux-azure-6.14
linux-azure-6.17
linux-azure-6.2
linux-azure-6.5
linux-azure-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1)
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2)
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fde-6.14
linux-azure-fde-6.2
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1)
linux-azure-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1)
linux-azure-nvidia
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
linux-bluefield
linux-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-134.134+fips1)
linux-gcp
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11
linux-gcp-6.14
linux-gcp-6.17
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gcp-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1)
linux-gcp-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-1063.69+fips1)
linux-gke (fixed in 6.8.0-1058.64)
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop (fixed in 6.8.0-1045.48)
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.11
linux-hwe-6.14
linux-hwe-6.17
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm (fixed in 6.8.0-1060.61)
linux-ibm-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1)
linux-ibm-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1)
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime (fixed in 5.15.0-1104.106)
linux-intel-iotg (fixed in 5.15.0-1107.113)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1)
linux-kvm (fixed in 5.15.0-1104.109)
linux-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-134.134.1)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1)
linux-nvidia (fixed in 6.8.0-1058.61)
linux-nvidia-6.11
linux-nvidia-6.17
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-1058.61.1)
linux-nvidia-tegra (fixed in 6.8.0-1029.30)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (fixed in 5.15.0-1053.53)
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oem-6.1
linux-oem-6.11
linux-oem-6.14
linux-oem-6.17
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8
linux-oracle
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.14
linux-oracle-6.17
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-oracle-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1)
linux-raspi
linux-raspi-realtime (fixed in 6.8.0-2049.50)
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime
linux-realtime-6.14
linux-realtime-6.17
linux-realtime-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1)
linux-riscv
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1)
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.14
linux-riscv-6.17
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-riscv-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-134.134~22.04.1)
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5
linux-xilinx (fixed in 6.8.0-1032.33)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (fixed in 5.15.0-1075.79)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 March 2026 and last revised on 17 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
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CVE-2026-21991 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
CGA-mcwh-q4vm-9f29 (published 29 Jan 2026)
CGA-w6xv-3fg4-grm5 (published 29 Jan 2026)
CGA-8vhr-fq3f-qx7q (published 7 Jan 2026)
CGA-p49v-mx3v-9ff2 (published 7 Jan 2026)

CVE-2025-71238 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft — BELL-CVE-2025-71238 Base record — CVE-2025-71238 Debian — DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71238 Debian 11 (Root.io) — ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-71238 Debian 12 (Root.io) — ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-71238 Debian 13 (Root.io) — ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-71238 Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io) — ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-71238 Ubuntu 24.04 (Root.io) — ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-71238

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-03-04

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	—
linux-allwinner-5.19	—	—
linux-aws	—	—
linux-aws-5.0	—	—
linux-aws-5.11	—	—
linux-aws-5.13	—	—
linux-aws-5.15	—	5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19	—	—
linux-aws-5.3	—	—
linux-aws-5.8	—	—
linux-aws-6.14	—	—
linux-aws-6.17	—	—
linux-aws-6.2	—	—
linux-aws-6.5	—	—
linux-aws-6.8	—	6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1
linux-aws-fips	—	6.8.0-1060.63+fips1
linux-azure	—	—
linux-azure-5.11	—	—
linux-azure-5.13	—	—
linux-azure-5.15	—	5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19	—	—
linux-azure-5.3	—	—
linux-azure-5.8	—	—
linux-azure-6.11	—	—
linux-azure-6.14	—	—
linux-azure-6.17	—	—
linux-azure-6.2	—	—
linux-azure-6.5	—	—
linux-azure-6.8	—	6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
linux-azure-edge	—	—
linux-azure-fde	—	—
linux-azure-fde-5.15	—	5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-azure-fde-5.19	—	—
linux-azure-fde-6.14	—	—
linux-azure-fde-6.2	—	—
linux-azure-fde-6.8	—	6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-azure-fips	—	6.8.0-1062.69+fips1
linux-azure-nvidia	—	—
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14	—	—
linux-bluefield	—	—
linux-fips	—	6.8.0-134.134+fips1
linux-gcp	—	—
linux-gcp-5.11	—	—
linux-gcp-5.13	—	—
linux-gcp-5.15	—	—
linux-gcp-5.19	—	—
linux-gcp-5.3	—	—
linux-gcp-5.8	—	—
linux-gcp-6.11	—	—
linux-gcp-6.14	—	—
linux-gcp-6.17	—	—
linux-gcp-6.2	—	—
linux-gcp-6.5	—	—
linux-gcp-6.8	—	6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips	—	6.8.0-1063.69+fips1
linux-gke	—	6.8.0-1058.64
linux-gke-4.15	—	—
linux-gke-5.15	—	—
linux-gke-5.4	—	—
linux-gkeop	—	6.8.0-1045.48
linux-gkeop-5.15	—	—
linux-gkeop-5.4	—	—
linux-hwe	—	—
linux-hwe-5.11	—	—
linux-hwe-5.13	—	—
linux-hwe-5.15	—	5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19	—	—
linux-hwe-5.8	—	—
linux-hwe-6.11	—	—
linux-hwe-6.14	—	—
linux-hwe-6.17	—	—
linux-hwe-6.2	—	—
linux-hwe-6.5	—	—
linux-hwe-6.8	—	6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-hwe-edge	—	—
linux-ibm	—	6.8.0-1060.61
linux-ibm-5.15	—	5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-ibm-6.8	—	6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1
linux-intel-5.13	—	—
linux-intel-iot-realtime	—	5.15.0-1104.106
linux-intel-iotg	—	5.15.0-1107.113
linux-intel-iotg-5.15	—	5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-kvm	—	5.15.0-1104.109
linux-lowlatency	—	6.8.0-134.134.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15	—	5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8	—	6.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1
linux-nvidia	—	6.8.0-1058.61
linux-nvidia-6.11	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.17	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.2	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.5	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.8	—	6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency	—	6.8.0-1058.61.1
linux-nvidia-tegra	—	6.8.0-1029.30
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15	—	5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx	—	5.15.0-1053.53
linux-oem	—	—
linux-oem-5.10	—	—
linux-oem-5.13	—	—
linux-oem-5.14	—	—
linux-oem-5.17	—	—
linux-oem-5.6	—	—
linux-oem-6.0	—	—
linux-oem-6.1	—	—
linux-oem-6.11	—	—
linux-oem-6.14	—	—
linux-oem-6.17	—	—
linux-oem-6.5	—	—
linux-oem-6.8	—	—
linux-oracle	—	—
linux-oracle-5.0	—	—
linux-oracle-5.11	—	—
linux-oracle-5.13	—	—
linux-oracle-5.15	—	5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3	—	—
linux-oracle-5.8	—	—
linux-oracle-6.14	—	—
linux-oracle-6.17	—	—
linux-oracle-6.5	—	—
linux-oracle-6.8	—	6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1
linux-raspi	—	—
linux-raspi-realtime	—	6.8.0-2049.50
linux-raspi2	—	—
linux-realtime	—	—
linux-realtime-6.14	—	—
linux-realtime-6.17	—	—
linux-realtime-6.8	—	6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1
linux-riscv	—	—
linux-riscv-5.11	—	—
linux-riscv-5.15	—	5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19	—	—
linux-riscv-5.8	—	—
linux-riscv-6.14	—	—
linux-riscv-6.17	—	—
linux-riscv-6.5	—	—
linux-riscv-6.8	—	6.8.0-134.134~22.04.1
linux-starfive-5.19	—	—
linux-starfive-6.2	—	—
linux-starfive-6.5	—	—
linux-xilinx	—	6.8.0-1032.33
linux-xilinx-zynqmp	—	5.15.0-1075.79

References

REPORT https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-71238

REPORT https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71238

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/linus/c2c68225b1456f4d0d393b5a8778d51bb0d5b1d0

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/057a5bdc481e58ab853117254867ffb22caf9f6e

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ac9679c43a09e54e2d9aae9980ada045b428e0

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31f33b856d2324d86bcaef295f4d210477a1c018

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708003e1bc857dd014d4c44278d7d77c26f91b1c

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e7458537cd9349cf019862e51491f670871707

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871f6236da96c4a9712b8a29d7f555f767a47e95

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c68225b1456f4d0d393b5a8778d51bb0d5b1d0

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2bbb4db0e4a4fbd5e649c0b5d8733f61da24720

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8497-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8498-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8499-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-4

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-5

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8576-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8576-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8597-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8606-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8607-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8609-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8610-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8619-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-4

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