Bug 2535198 (CVE-2026-89853)

Summary:	CVE-2026-89853 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix FCE trace use-after-free during firmware dump
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `qla2xxx` SCSI driver. A use-after-free vulnerability occurs due to a race condition between freeing the FCE trace buffer and its use during a firmware dump. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by disabling the debugfs FCE trace, leading to system instability or a denial of service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 11:25:30 UTC

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix FCE trace use-after-free during firmware dump

qla2x00_free_fce_trace() freed and cleared ha->fce while holding only
fce_mutex. The firmware-dump consumers qla27xx_fwdt_entry_t264() and
qla25xx_copy_fce() read ha->fce (NULL check followed by a copy of the
buffer) under hardware_lock and never take fce_mutex. A debugfs FCE
disable could therefore free the DMA buffer between a dump's NULL check
and its copy, resulting in a use-after-free.

Unpublish ha->fce under hardware_lock, then release the lock and free
the DMA buffer (dma_free_coherent() may sleep). A concurrent dump either
completes its check and copy with the buffer still valid, or observes
ha->fce == NULL and skips it.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-09-22 10:32:59 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-89853.mbox