{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-89850","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.770Z","datePublished":"2026-09-16T10:31:24.121Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-16T10:31:24.121Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-16T10:31:24.121Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down\n\nqla2x00_fw_state_show() initializes rval to QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED and jumps\nto the out: label when the chip is down or EEH is busy. The out: block\nthen re-issued qla2x00_get_firmware_state() because rval != QLA_SUCCESS,\ndefeating the chip-down/EEH-busy guards and issuing a mailbox command\n(outside optrom_mutex) during ISP reset or PCI error recovery, which can\nhang the adapter. It also turned a normal in-lock mailbox failure into a\nsecond unsynchronized mailbox attempt.\n\nMake the out: fallback only mark the firmware state as unknown. The\nmailbox is now issued at most once, inside optrom_mutex, and only when\nthe chip is up and not EEH-busy."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448","lessThan":"e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.20","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.20","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.270","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.221","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.188","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.157","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.110","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.51","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.270"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.221"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.188"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.157"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.110"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.51"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.20","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff"}],"title":"scsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}