CVE-2026-89849

scsi: qla2xxx: Reject non-SCSI SRB on status IOCB fast path

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
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: Reject non-SCSI SRB on status IOCB fast path

qla2x00_status_entry() filters out non-TYPE_SRB entries and the SRB_NVME_CMD, SRB_BIDI_CMD and SRB_TM_CMD types, then falls through to a SCSI fast path that assumes the command is an SRB_SCSI_CMD. The first thing on that path, qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending(), and the subsequent handling both evaluate GET_CMD_SP(sp), i.e. sp->u.scmd.cmd.

The srb u union overlays the SCSI command pointer with other command layouts (bsg_job, iocb_cmd). If firmware delivers an unexpected STATUS_TYPE IOCB for a non-SCSI handle, sp->u.scmd.cmd can read as a non-NULL garbage pointer, bypassing the NULL checks in qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending() and at the cp == NULL test, and leading to a wild pointer dereference.

Reject any SRB whose type is not SRB_SCSI_CMD before entering the fast path. The outstanding_cmds slot is left untouched so a genuinely non-SCSI command still completes through its proper handler.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before 9204fb0888374083be74f799049649a17eab4191Affected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before b7418198b45b327194b97f856fe8ea8daa91f3fdAffected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before 8f0e31e7a41376abe7d6ca7cbee07fcf9de071e6Affected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before e38041b47c29316ba79b645e2ae0b713d216b1dbAffected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before e93aa3c5125d9a4352ac0fa8ba4a7f8f87881805Affected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before 29f1f9ad9e354cd0b6e4f6fc75ba09162d6a04d9Affected
  • dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de to before 0f41d07d72f2245208c45374ca8d0a1846cad667Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.15Affected
  • before 5.15Not 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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