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CVE-2026-89850scsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:40 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down qla2x00_fw_state_show() initializes rval to QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED and jumps to the out: label when the chip is down or EEH is busy. The out: block then re-issued qla2x00_get_firmware_state() because rval != QLA_SUCCESS, defeating the chip-down/EEH-busy guards and issuing a mailbox command (outside optrom_mutex) during ISP reset or PCI error recovery, which can hang the adapter. It also turned a normal in-lock mailbox failure into a second unsynchronized mailbox attempt. Make the out: fallback only mark the firmware state as unknown. The mailbox is now issued at most once, inside optrom_mutex, and only when the chip is up and not EEH-busy.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before 178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before 22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before 7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85; from b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 before e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff

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