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TI-2026-64160 Aliases CVE-2026-97530GHSA-m367-5qfc-ghvx

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix soft lockup polling continuation IOCB signature

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

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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: Fix soft lockup polling continuation IOCB signature qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt() and qla27xx_copy_fpin_pkt() poll rsp_q->ring_ptr->signature for RESPONSE_PROCESSED (0xDEADDEAD) to decide whether the next continuation IOCB has arrived, spinning on cpu_relax() without advancing the ring or decrementing the entry count while it has not. response_t::signature lives at byte offset 60, but a continuation IOCB (sts_cont_entry_t / struct sts_cont_entry_ext) carries raw FC frame payload at that offset (data[56..59]). A received frame whose payload bytes happen to equal 0xDEADDEAD is therefore misread as "not yet arrived", and the loop spins forever in interrupt/DPC context, causing a CPU soft lockup. The poll is also unnecessary: callers of qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt() (PT_LS4_UNSOL and the NVMe purls path) already gate on qla_chk_cont_iocb_avail(), which guarantees all entry_count IOCBs are present before copying begins. The sibling helper __qla_copy_purex_to_buffer() already drops the signature poll and relies on the entry_type == STATUS_CONT_TYPE guard instead. Remove the signature busy-wait from both helpers, keeping the entry_type guard, and gate the FPIN path with qla_chk_cont_iocb_avail() so it defers and re-processes on the next interrupt once all continuation IOCBs have arrived, mirroring the ELS_AUTH_ELS and PT_LS4_UNSOL arms. With this the signature field is never read on a continuation IOCB, eliminating the payload-aliasing lockup.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00212 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160 +4Red Hat: 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.9 and later5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.9 and later Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97530
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m367-5qfc-ghvx
  3. 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@3e58eb888ebf265af937f636d05997c60d2f197c, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  4. 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
  5. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  6. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@428e244dd4066abd40ca1ec525b7aab9a9db8296, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  7. 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
  8. 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@70df7f03499046da0d28a58ec8b237ed5dfbd0a7 +1 · CNA
  9. 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
  10. 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

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  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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