scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize flash version read in reset handler
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize flash version read in reset handler The "update cache versions without reset" sysfs reset operation (0x20261) calls get_flash_version(), which reads hardware flash registers, without holding ha->optrom_mutex. The VPD update path serializes the same call under optrom_mutex, so this reset path can interleave its flash register accesses with a concurrent VPD or optrom flash operation and corrupt the reads. Hold ha->optrom_mutex across the get_flash_version() call to match the VPD update path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89855
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38m8-7cjw-cwc2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1fc052f2a5890ea6dba80d50254dd6258b13386
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31bf2714abbb0aa5a8a03d15038f8920e1c74b21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae979c549cba684e67b6c047140f3a8d2439b298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cef42a073a0bdeee7fb1b47221cda222d330d2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75460967619eda720c9a03767729157ffd171d8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d116137119371349fb09685fe05413d8fc92efe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33735490789e5417851752974c0b1d23125559cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f606ed93de0c4f1e7e3618779e9fad731455314a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89855 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89855 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38m8-7cjw-cwc2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89855 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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