CVE-2026-89848 (GCVE-0-2026-89848)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:31 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:39
VLAI
Title
scsi: qla2xxx: Quiesce response IRQ before freeing request queue
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Quiesce response IRQ before freeing request queue qla2xxx_delete_qpair() deletes the request queue before the response queue. qla25xx_delete_req_que() frees the request queue memory (kfree(req) in qla25xx_free_req_que()), but the response-queue MSI-X is only released later, in qla25xx_free_rsp_que(). In that window the response interrupt can still fire, qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q() queues qpair->q_work, and qla_do_work() -> qla24xx_process_response_queue() dereferences the now-freed rsp->req (LOGINOUT/CT/ELS entries and the status path), a use-after-free. The cancel_work_sync() added for the qpair teardown lives in the response free path, which runs after the request queue is already freed, so it does not protect rsp->req. Release the response-queue interrupt and flush qpair->q_work before deleting the request queue, so no late completion can reach the freed request queue. Clearing have_irq makes the subsequent qla25xx_free_rsp_que() skip its free_irq(), and the firmware queue-delete order (request then response) is preserved; the request-delete mailbox completes on the default vector and is unaffected by dropping the qpair response interrupt early.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: d74595278f4ab192af66d9e60a9087464638beee , < 7ac5be2a8609679fc6bbfea881360444a5ce8202 (git)
Affected: d74595278f4ab192af66d9e60a9087464638beee , < 1486cc18be3e2b4c2a730f4a1b0448d009381b3d (git)
Affected: d74595278f4ab192af66d9e60a9087464638beee , < 10e9f05f7fd0a103886a867ec8afe621fe4b906a (git)
Affected: d74595278f4ab192af66d9e60a9087464638beee , < 157ca7d1af45f87aa14a286754f19c3f72386988 (git)
Affected: d74595278f4ab192af66d9e60a9087464638beee , < 505753ec2594c6af09a601f0dd60be7d840c1d2d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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