Bug 2535254 (CVE-2026-89852) - CVE-2026-89852 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firmware_state()
Summary: CVE-2026-89852 kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firm...
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89852
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-09-16 11:39 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-01 06:08 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 11:39:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firmware_state()

The mbx_cmd_t is allocated on the stack but left uninitialized.
qla2x00_mailbox_command() has several early-return paths (PCI permanent
failure, device failed, EEH busy, ISP abort pending, mailbox access
timeout, purge mbox) that return without writing the input mailbox
registers back into mcp->mb[]. qla2x00_get_firmware_state() then
unconditionally copies mcp->mb[1..6] (and mb[12]) into the caller's
states[] array regardless of the return value.

On such a failure the copied values are uninitialized kernel stack
memory, which is then exposed to userspace via the fw_state and
mpi_fw_state sysfs handlers. Zero the mailbox struct so a failed query
yields deterministic zeroed state instead of leaking stack contents.


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.