---
id: CVE-2026-89862
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix BSG job leak on validate flash image error path

  qla28xx_validate_flash_image() returns QLA_SUCCESS (0) unconditionally,
  telling the FC BSG transport…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: qla2xxx: Fix BSG job leak on validate flash image error path

  qla28xx_validate_flash_image() returns QLA_SUCCESS (0) unconditionally,
  telling the FC BSG transport…
severity: medium
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= c2c68225b1456f4d0d393b5a8778d51bb0d5b1d0 <
    e25241f9fa01fb0c088381a156d84a725b71c1ef
  - >-
    Linux >= c2c68225b1456f4d0d393b5a8778d51bb0d5b1d0 <
    0fb52cc632464b0cd07f970341330466d772efe1
  - Linux 057a5bdc481e58ab853117254867ffb22caf9f6e
  - Linux f2bbb4db0e4a4fbd5e649c0b5d8733f61da24720
  - Linux 27ac9679c43a09e54e2d9aae9980ada045b428e0
  - Linux 74e7458537cd9349cf019862e51491f670871707
  - Linux 871f6236da96c4a9712b8a29d7f555f767a47e95
  - Linux 31f33b856d2324d86bcaef295f4d210477a1c018
  - Linux 708003e1bc857dd014d4c44278d7d77c26f91b1c
  - Linux >= 5.10.251 < 5.11
  - Linux >= 5.15.201 < 5.16
  - Linux >= 6.1.164 < 6.2
  - Linux >= 6.6.127 < 6.7
  - Linux >= 6.12.74 < 6.13
  - Linux >= 6.18.13 < 6.19
  - Linux >= 6.19.3 < 6.20
  - Linux 7.0
published: '2026-09-16'
updated: '2026-09-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-16T11:16:54.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89862'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb52cc632464b0cd07f970341330466d772efe1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25241f9fa01fb0c088381a156d84a725b71c1ef'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-89862.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89862'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2535214'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89862'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89862'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-89862.mbox
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-09-16T10:53:53.990Z'
epss: 0.00198
epssPercentile: 0.0848
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: vendor
cwe:
  - CWE-772
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix BSG job leak on validate flash image error path

qla28xx_validate_flash_image() returns QLA_SUCCESS (0) unconditionally,
telling the FC BSG transport (fc_bsg_host_dispatch()) that the driver
owns and will complete the request. But bsg_job_done() is guarded by "if
(!rval)", so on the error path (rval == -EINVAL) neither the driver nor
the transport completes the job. The request dangles until it times out,
leaking block layer resources.

Commit c2c68225b145 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double
free") added the "if (!rval)" guard to a batch of BSG handlers. That is
correct for handlers that also return the error code (the transport then
completes the job once via fail_host_msg), but this function returns
QLA_SUCCESS unconditionally, so the guard turned a correct single
completion into a leak.

Always call bsg_job_done(): bsg_reply->result is DID_OK and the error is
reported in vendor_rsp[0], and since the function returns 0 the
transport will not complete the job a second time.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, … · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-89862.json)