CVE-2026-93242 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LINUX612-20506796
- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed24 Sept 2026
Introduced: 24 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-93242 (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: Fix response queue over-consumption in __qla_consume_iocb()
qla24xx_process_response_queue() advances ring_ptr past the head IOCB before dispatching, so by the time __qla_consume_iocb() runs, ring_ptr already points at the first continuation IOCB. The function however looped purex->entry_count times starting at ring_ptr. As entry_count includes the head, this consumed one entry too many: it stamped RESPONSE_PROCESSED on the next, unrelated IOCB and advanced the ring past it, silently dropping a legitimate firmware response. The head IOCB's signature was also never marked.
Mark the head processed and account for it, then consume only the entry_count - 1 continuation IOCBs, matching __qla_copy_purex_to_buffer().
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-93242
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31715d1e1cbf3a37ce3452635c5602f73fd7abd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba019bdd89d931499d9476456b5d9c7ab7fa753
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e3f129538c32d0019437197735912308c161843
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a136c311676fd1010b1bde3bcfd410caa2fa040f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd1534d4afab47f13dfc27fff6f59dd859a0ac3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d841707fafba5f80341b82e8c3a4c24fc5aa5132
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df86c27cf1ba9d66f737a1fa56479c6e7efafe4e