CVE-2022-50840
kernel: scsi: snic: Fix possible UAF in snic_tgt_create()
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Published · December 30, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: snic: Fix possible UAF in snic_tgt_create()
Smatch reports a warning as follows:
drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c:307 snic_tgt_create() warn: '&tgt->list' not removed from list
If device_add() fails in snic_tgt_create(), tgt will be freed, but tgt->list will not be removed from snic->disc.tgt_list, then list traversal may cause UAF.
Remove from snic->disc.tgt_list before free().
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
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