CVE-2026-89846

CVE-2026-89846

Critical · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read

In qla2x00_status_entry(), the FWI2 status path advances sense_data and

shrinks par_sense_len by rsp_info_len:

if (IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(ha)) {

sense_data += rsp_info_len;

par_sense_len -= rsp_info_len;

}

rsp_info_len is a 32-bit value taken directly from the target's FCP

response (sf.rsp_data_len), while par_sense_len is the IOCB data area

size (28 bytes for 24xx, 60 bytes for 29xx). A hostile or buggy target

reporting an rsp_info_len larger than par_sense_len makes the unsigned

subtraction underflow to a huge value and advances sense_data out of

bounds.

The underflowed par_sense_len then defeats the cap in

qla2x00_handle_sense():

if (sense_len > par_sense_len)

sense_len = par_sense_len;

memcpy(cp->sense_buffer, sense_data, sense_len);

so the memcpy reads up to SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE bytes from the

out-of-bounds sense_data pointer, leaking adjacent response-ring/heap

memory into the command's sense buffer.

Clamp rsp_info_len to par_sense_len before the subtraction so

par_sense_len can never underflow and sense_data stays within the IOCB

data area. The fix sits before the comp_status switch, covering both

qla2x00_handle_sense() call sites.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00714 · 53.1th percentile
Published
2026-09-16T15:16Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 04:02Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 16 SEP 10:31Z
    scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read
    cvelistv5