CVE-2026-89846 Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.167.1.rt7.508.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-20137431
  • published25 Sept 2026
  • disclosed23 Sept 2026

Introduced: 23 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.167.1.rt7.508.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2026:71016.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-devel package and not the kernel-rt-debug-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Bound rsp_info_len to avoid OOB sense-data read

In qla2x00_status_entry(), the FWI2 status path advances sense_data and shrinks par_sense_len by rsp_info_len:

if (IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(ha)) {
    sense_data += rsp_info_len;
    par_sense_len -= rsp_info_len;
}

rsp_info_len is a 32-bit value taken directly from the target's FCP response (sf.rsp_data_len), while par_sense_len is the IOCB data area size (28 bytes for 24xx, 60 bytes for 29xx). A hostile or buggy target reporting an rsp_info_len larger than par_sense_len makes the unsigned subtraction underflow to a huge value and advances sense_data out of bounds.

The underflowed par_sense_len then defeats the cap in qla2x00_handle_sense():

if (sense_len &gt; par_sense_len)
    sense_len = par_sense_len;
memcpy(cp-&gt;sense_buffer, sense_data, sense_len);

so the memcpy reads up to SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE bytes from the out-of-bounds sense_data pointer, leaking adjacent response-ring/heap memory into the command's sense buffer.

Clamp rsp_info_len to par_sense_len before the subtraction so par_sense_len can never underflow and sense_data stays within the IOCB data area. The fix sits before the comp_status switch, covering both qla2x00_handle_sense() call sites.

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