CRITICAL 9.1 NVD
CVE-2026-89846
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(),
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125b12861c726e58448bb95d55b04851fb131d1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b08c0cb110a1fba92f99d655020198489699815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be75ab791c9b3baca66c70ce03443afebc83acda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca6d880d6c70cb7946e7b3e05d7285f271b6d99e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f7746ff031ae45724881261804f4bf5317c985
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1 was published on 2026-09-16 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-09-16 · -1 days ago
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