{"id":"CVE-2024-50153","summary":"scsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: core: Fix null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device()\n\nThere is a null-ptr-deref issue reported by KASAN:\n\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod]\n...\n kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0\n target_alloc_device+0xbc4/0xbe0 [target_core_mod]\n core_dev_setup_virtual_lun0+0xef/0x1f0 [target_core_mod]\n target_core_init_configfs+0x205/0x420 [target_core_mod]\n do_one_initcall+0xdd/0x4e0\n...\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nIn target_alloc_device(), if allocing memory for dev queues fails, then\ndev will be freed by dev-\u003etransport-\u003efree_device(), but dev-\u003etransport\nis not initialized at that time, which will lead to a null pointer\nreference problem.\n\nFixing this bug by freeing dev with hba-\u003ebackend-\u003eops-\u003efree_device().","modified":"2026-04-16T04:34:38.282913584Z","published":"2024-11-07T09:31:29.791Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1","SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1","USN-7276-1","USN-7277-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50153.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14a6a2adb440e4ae97bee73b2360946bd033dadd"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e02fa90323243187c91bb3e8f2f5f6a9aacfc7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895ab729425ef9bf3b6d2f8d0853abe64896f314"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c1e6717f60d31f8af3937c23c4f1498529584e1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b80e9bc85bd9af378e7eac83e15dd129557bbdb6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fca6caeb4a61d240f031914413fcc69534f6dc03"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50153.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50153"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"008b936bbde3e87a611b3828a0d5d2a4f99026a0"},{"fixed":"8c1e6717f60d31f8af3937c23c4f1498529584e1"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"1526d9f10c6184031e42afad0adbdde1213e8ad1"},{"fixed":"39e02fa90323243187c91bb3e8f2f5f6a9aacfc7"},{"fixed":"895ab729425ef9bf3b6d2f8d0853abe64896f314"},{"fixed":"b80e9bc85bd9af378e7eac83e15dd129557bbdb6"},{"fixed":"14a6a2adb440e4ae97bee73b2360946bd033dadd"},{"fixed":"fca6caeb4a61d240f031914413fcc69534f6dc03"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-50153.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}