CVE-2026-89854

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix cs84xx use-after-free on host teardown

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix cs84xx use-after-free on host teardown qla84xx_put_chip() drops the last reference to ha->cs84xx and frees it via __qla84xx_chip_release() without clearing ha->cs84xx. During teardown it ran before scsi_remove_host(), which is what removes the 84xx_fw_version host sysfs attribute. A concurrent read of that attribute in the window between the two calls executes qla24xx_84xx_fw_version_show(), which dereferences the freed ha->cs84xx, resulting in a use-after-free. Move qla84xx_put_chip() to after scsi_remove_host() in both qla2x00_remove_one() and qla2x00_disable_board_on_pci_error(). Once scsi_remove_host() returns, the sysfs attribute is gone and kernfs has drained any in-flight show(), so no reader can touch cs84xx; the put still runs before the host and ha are freed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.14fe1b806f4f7172b1eae18ddeebb7d8fb351043f7
Vendor states this is fixed in 122bf170c94a3797531b12fee580639a5dc893ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1d8bbc4344b9367d9d54731475d745fbc9ea28f2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2c3b17ee53f034936f7398dbf4d143e608b7c35c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 33d102102d925357c5fd172dd6672a27d74b3215 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8286a9095fb59751fba171afa2b4f590271c87d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8c1ebcade6aac58137f2645b579894301febabf3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ae09260be7454ed7630a913f147591a25e3a9d09 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fcf0804dfe05862007189ac9dc4dc2063be36de1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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