CVE-2026-89863

scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix NULL pointer deref in RX SA delete check

HIGH
7.5
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
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix NULL pointer deref in RX SA delete check qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending() obtains the SCSI command via GET_CMD_SP(sp) and immediately dereferences cmd->sc_data_direction. That command pointer can be NULL: the firmware may post a status completion for a command that has already been returned or aborted. The caller qla2x00_status_entry() acknowledges this on the very same status path, re-fetching GET_CMD_SP(sp) and bailing out with the "Command already returned" message when it is NULL -- but that check runs only after qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending() has already dereferenced the pointer, so a NULL cmd crashes the kernel in interrupt context. Return early when cmd is NULL, before touching cmd->sc_data_direction.

Affected

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

5.15dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de
Vendor states this is fixed in 2191b0034a2f1307d421782e6eceddf8eec9e7f6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 75fd6d041c4a325ae37f4683e6678d3015988bb0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 94bfb61478bcb207d27f8cd24fd231421059519f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 96eb8a3fc9f7fe7ba32679fcf1d2fd7d251e7a8b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c20ee380ca59c5a8646750c4849969a815924e2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in de0c8ef3b900c5e971c82ef38c6f5c22c5f3d8c1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e479e9b148456905d12711411484b94083c8ff58 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (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

7.5HIGHLinux
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