{"id":"CVE-2026-89850","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down\n\nqla2x00_fw_state_show() initializes rval to QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED and jumps\nto the out: label when the chip …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down\n\nqla2x00_fw_state_show() initializes rval to QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED and jumps\nto the out: label when the chip …","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < 178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < 22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < 7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85","Linux >= b6faaaf796d7bfb00e32ca5c905d55cc43e89448 < e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff","Linux 4.20"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T11:16:52.623","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89850","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/178d984e8875292582e4295cf559b2b11d3c9325","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f44f77da496bc355479c08a0a9dbc9ad42ba42","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc2baed8a3d6a1e2a3f6b78d245f25d1e18a749","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a194684853dceaa1d6b7a9a02bc12f479232ad9b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6374b508893de15fee78583a95f5099d7812e85","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a30baa29695fa0eaba4a3a04435a3c1a5cb63d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cba780c01f72f8585ca81ad7304097f8b12ef339","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0cebe20dcffbed9c078fe30e2d18cd5046d9eff","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T10:53:53.994Z","epss":0.00211,"epssPercentile":0.11599,"slug":"CVE-2026-89850","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down\n\nqla2x00_fw_state_show() initializes rval to QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED and jumps\nto the out: label when the chip is down or EEH is busy. The out: block\nthen re-issued qla2x00_get_firmware_state() because rval != QLA_SUCCESS,\ndefeating the chip-down/EEH-busy guards and issuing a mailbox command\n(outside optrom_mutex) during ISP reset or PCI error recovery, which can\nhang the adapter. It also turned a normal in-lock mailbox failure into a\nsecond unsynchronized mailbox attempt.\n\nMake the out: fallback only mark the firmware state as unknown. The\nmailbox is now issued at most once, inside optrom_mutex, and only when\nthe chip is up and not EEH-busy.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}