Bug 2540249 (CVE-2026-93242)

Summary:	CVE-2026-93242 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix response queue over-consumption in __qla_consume_iocb()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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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 Fibre Channel driver. When handling multi-entry response packets, an off-by-one counting error causes the driver to consume an extra entry from the response queue. This issue can cause legitimate firmware responses to be prematurely marked as processed and silently dropped, resulting in storage communication failures and a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 15:53:33 UTC

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix response queue over-consumption in __qla_consume_iocb()

qla24xx_process_response_queue() advances ring_ptr past the head IOCB
before dispatching, so by the time __qla_consume_iocb() runs, ring_ptr
already points at the first continuation IOCB. The function however
looped purex->entry_count times starting at ring_ptr. As entry_count
includes the head, this consumed one entry too many: it stamped
RESPONSE_PROCESSED on the next, unrelated IOCB and advanced the ring
past it, silently dropping a legitimate firmware response. The head
IOCB's signature was also never marked.

Mark the head processed and account for it, then consume only the
entry_count - 1 continuation IOCBs, matching __qla_copy_purex_to_buffer().

Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-09-28 08:07:18 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-93242.mbox