{"cve":"CVE-2026-89842","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-16T11:16:51.040","modified":"2026-10-19T09:18:28.140","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Skip NVMe LS reject IOCB when FW not started\n\nqla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() bails out to the out: label when firmware is not\nstarted (!ha->flags.fw_started), but the out: path unconditionally calls\nqla_nvme_ls_reject_iocb(), which ends in qla2x00_start_iocbs() and an\nunconditional doorbell write to the request queue in-pointer register.\nThis rings the firmware doorbell and queues an IOCB that stopped or\nresetting firmware cannot consume, and touches MMIO during the reset/EEH\nwindow where fw_started is also clear.\n\nOnly emit the LS reject IOCB (and ring the doorbell) when fw_started is\nset; otherwise just clean up and return. The post-allocation failure\ncases (SRB alloc / qla2x00_start_sp() failure) run with firmware started\nand still send the reject. Apply the same guard to the reject emission\nin qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["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"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:54:41.405518556+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89842","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10464,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}