CVE-2026-89860

scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission qla_nvme_fcp_abort() and qla_nvme_ls_abort() ran INIT_WORK() on priv->abort_work immediately before schedule_work(). INIT_WORK() reinitializes the work_struct, resetting its list head and clearing the pending bit. If an abort is issued more than once for the same command (for example, concurrent transport teardown and a timeout-driven abort), the second INIT_WORK() reinitializes a work item that is already queued, which can corrupt the workqueue list and lead to crashes or a looping worker. Initialize priv->abort_work once at command submission, next to the existing per-command spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock), and leave only schedule_work() in the abort paths. schedule_work() already does nothing when the work item is still pending, so a repeated abort no longer disturbs an in-flight work item. The command is not returned to the transport until the final kref_put()/release callback runs after abort_work has completed, so the work item is idle before priv is reused and the single submission-time INIT_WORK() is safe.

Affected

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

4.17e473b3074104ee09227cfbba5f872e3ea15dd280
Vendor states this is fixed in 67f0d5187c29360388f7e1e503c627ec45d01089 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a1b50c4879c2e6a034e8e85f9c055f0eea157c7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7e85f6dbc85616de2172bce8eaf84b387a723cd1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b403700ac62fbf3c310196386e125879a182efcf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4aaa4a4e6f1da6f3abfd80e1917bef922287177 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.17 (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

8.8HIGHLinux
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