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Not yet scoredPublished Sep 16, 2026

CVE-2026-89852scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firmware_state()

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firmware_state() The mbx_cmd_t is allocated on the stack but left uninitialized. qla2x00_mailbox_command() has several early-return paths (PCI permanent failure, device failed, EEH busy, ISP abort pending, mailbox access timeout, purge mbox) that return without writing the input mailbox registers back into mcp->mb[]. qla2x00_get_firmware_state() then unconditionally copies mcp->mb[1..6] (and mb[12]) into the caller's states[] array regardless of the return value. On such a failure the copied values are uninitialized kernel stack memory, which is then exposed to userspace via the fw_state and mpi_fw_state sysfs handlers. Zero the mailbox struct so a failed query yields deterministic zeroed state instead of leaking stack contents.

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Weakness (CWE)
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EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
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Linux
NVD analysis
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Record last updated
Sep 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before f8fc5cc6b3284506c6ab83c822c48133377668bb; from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before f29695b1138ae2539c5cd6cdaba9b1b072aaa81a; from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before 13d645a2cdb224d27205368f3e3c68bb160daf97; 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 builds before 2f847f06bb223aa895eea91fc9e5e2d6314038eb; 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 builds before 1f49e861c18caf8eef7f0ad9a2c5034f88a6ba79; from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before e6cfb1ee18336aab41a0941d6d3ea5009aaafc05; from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before 9f31de4d07e4cde91dfc24522993a5fbb4d67083; from 4d4df1932b6b116aecc81039066fec27f2050762 before 9efaa782845b4d5fb3e01242be0d06ebc7428d8f
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