Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97531
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97531
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause memory corruption.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the qla2xxx host_map lookup path when report ID acquisition races with virtual port teardown. A remote attacker can trigger report ID acquisition for a virtual port being deleted to cause memory corruption.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97531
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3