{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97527","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-24T16:01:01.152Z","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:21:29.521Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:59:19.351Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T10:59:19.351Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock\n\nThe fcport->unsol_ctx_head list is modified from several contexts without\na common lock. Entries are added in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() from the\nresponse queue ISR (under the qpair qp_lock), while they are removed from\nqla2xxx_process_purls_pkt() (DPC/purex worker), qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp()\n(NVMe-FC transport callback) and qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref() (SRB\ncompletion). The qpair qp_lock cannot serialize this per-fcport list since\nmultiqueue adapters add entries through different qpairs, so a concurrent\nadd and delete (or two concurrent deletes) can corrupt the list pointers.\n\nIntroduce a dedicated per-fcport spinlock, unsol_ctx_lock, initialized in\nqla2x00_alloc_fcport(), and take it around every list_add_tail()/list_del()\non unsol_ctx_head. The add nests under the existing qp_lock; no delete path\ntakes qp_lock, so the lock order is consistent and deadlock free."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:A - qla24xx_msix_rsp_q/qla2xxx_msix_rsp_q → qla24xx_process_response_queue dispatches PT_LS4_UNSOL (0x56) into qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb, which list_add_tail's uctx onto fcport->unsol_ctx_head. Those are unsolicited NVMe-FC LS frames a SAN N_Port put on the wire. FC/FCoE is a non-routable fabric, so Adjacent.\nAC:L - A fabric peer floods concurrent PT_LS4_UNSOL so ISR list_add_tail in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb (qp_lock only; different qpairs on MQ) races list_del in qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt (DPC; nvme_fc_rcv_ls_req -E2BIG on oversized LS), qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp, or qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref. The attacker drives both sides.\nPR:N - qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb only needs qla2x00_find_fcport_by_nportid to match a non-deleted N_Port that completed NVMe PRLI (nvme_remote_port). The PT_LS4_UNSOL path has no uid, capability, or EDIF check; fabric zoning is network access, not a host privilege.\nUI:N - PT_LS4_UNSOL is consumed in the MSI-X response-queue handler and queued via qla24xx_queue_purex_item to PROCESS_PUREX_IOCB; nvme_fc later calls qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp from lsrcv_work. No victim mount, open, or other interactive step is required.\nS:U - Corrupting fcport->unsol_ctx_head and the qla_nvme_unsol_ctx list nodes stays inside the host kernel that owns the qla2xxx adapter. This is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-authority impact.\nC:H - Unlocked list_add_tail versus list_del on unsol_ctx_head can leave head->prev pointing at a qla_nvme_unsol_ctx that qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt already kfree'd, so the next add writes through freed slab. Reuse of that uctx is an arbitrary kernel read primitive.\nI:H - The same race lets list_del write prev/next of a neighbor uctx or the list head through a stale pointer, and a second delete of a poisoned node writes LIST_POISON or a reused object, which is a kernel write and control-flow hijack primitive.\nA:H - list_del on a corrupted unsol_ctx_head hits LIST_POISON or a bad dereference in qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt, qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp, or qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref and oopses or panics the host, taking down the NVMe-FC path."}]}],"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_def.h","drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c","drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c"],"versions":[{"version":"875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c","lessThan":"c1ee12eecbab9674fb73c9e00a93fac655d5a5dc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c","lessThan":"b211d138cad86f749826d6132db6388eded992d8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c","lessThan":"4d8ad6bc8cc5eff1870cef00a0d611f38f8b6bd0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c","lessThan":"76da0c43c63eb0496649e372ac64466364d0fe7d","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_def.h","drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c","drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","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":"6.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ee12eecbab9674fb73c9e00a93fac655d5a5dc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b211d138cad86f749826d6132db6388eded992d8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8ad6bc8cc5eff1870cef00a0d611f38f8b6bd0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76da0c43c63eb0496649e372ac64466364d0fe7d"}],"title":"scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}