CVE-2026-89846

scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Sep 16, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read

In qla2x00_status_entry(), the FWI2 status path advances sense_data and shrinks par_sense_len by rsp_info_len:

if (IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(ha)) { sense_data += rsp_info_len; par_sense_len -= rsp_info_len; }

rsp_info_len is a 32-bit value taken directly from the target's FCP response (sf.rsp_data_len), while par_sense_len is the IOCB data area size (28 bytes for 24xx, 60 bytes for 29xx). A hostile or buggy target reporting an rsp_info_len larger than par_sense_len makes the unsigned subtraction underflow to a huge value and advances sense_data out of bounds.

The underflowed par_sense_len then defeats the cap in qla2x00_handle_sense():

if (sense_len > par_sense_len) sense_len = par_sense_len; memcpy(cp->sense_buffer, sense_data, sense_len);

so the memcpy reads up to SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE bytes from the out-of-bounds sense_data pointer, leaking adjacent response-ring/heap memory into the command's sense buffer.

Clamp rsp_info_len to par_sense_len before the subtraction so par_sense_len can never underflow and sense_data stays within the IOCB data area. The fix sits before the comp_status switch, covering both qla2x00_handle_sense() call sites.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before 125b12861c726e58448bb95d55b04851fb131d1fAffected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before e57ace988bda5693f7b3645f652ea4b4220870eeAffected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before 6b08c0cb110a1fba92f99d655020198489699815Affected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before be75ab791c9b3baca66c70ce03443afebc83acdaAffected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before ebc41dfc59d190956e0113e8bd90c28f6f21e8b9Affected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before d7f7746ff031ae45724881261804f4bf5317c985Affected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before f6e8977bce887481b2b2b0e2e14a791270741cfbAffected
  • 5544213be7b4fb693730106a6d70a8cc1aa7cdf6 to before ca6d880d6c70cb7946e7b3e05d7285f271b6d99eAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.36Affected
  • before 2.6.36Not affected
  • 5.10.270 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.221 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.188 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.157 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.110 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.51 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.5 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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