CVE-2026-89842 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed16 Sept 2026
Introduced: 16 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-89842 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Skip NVMe LS reject IOCB when FW not started
qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() bails out to the out: label when firmware is not started (!ha->flags.fw_started), but the out: path unconditionally calls qla_nvme_ls_reject_iocb(), which ends in qla2x00_start_iocbs() and an unconditional doorbell write to the request queue in-pointer register. This rings the firmware doorbell and queues an IOCB that stopped or resetting firmware cannot consume, and touches MMIO during the reset/EEH window where fw_started is also clear.
Only emit the LS reject IOCB (and ring the doorbell) when fw_started is set; otherwise just clean up and return. The post-allocation failure cases (SRB alloc / qla2x00_start_sp() failure) run with firmware started and still send the reject. Apply the same guard to the reject emission in qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt().
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-89842
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2935b730211c5c1433aa6101fa3b55df2b63869a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1fc75dd3fb6b6414508fbdf7aeed0d757c9120
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4b019ac07844d3f67ea5e48b1d982b2170d1a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bfb56e2c1bda49d3c5442d824569d71eec07e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e46ebffc5781aab3f1f5a5d4350addbb5833f4