Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89863 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix NULL pointer deref in RX SA delete check. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <e479e9b148456905d12711411484b94083c8ff58 || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <2191b0034a2f1307d421782e6eceddf8eec9e7f6 || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <de0c8ef3b900c5e971c82ef38c6f5c22c5f3d8c1 || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <96eb8a3fc9f7fe7ba32679fcf1d2fd7d251e7a8b || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <94bfb61478bcb207d27f8cd24fd231421059519f || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <75fd6d041c4a325ae37f4683e6678d3015988bb0 || >=dd30706e73b70d67e88fdaca688db7a3374fd5de <c20ee380ca59c5a8646750c4849969a815924e2e | e479e9b148456905d12711411484b94083c8ff58, 2191b0034a2f1307d421782e6eceddf8eec9e7f6, de0c8ef3b900c5e971c82ef38c6f5c22c5f3d8c1, 96eb8a3fc9f7fe7ba32679fcf1d2fd7d251e7a8b, 94bfb61478bcb207d27f8cd24fd231421059519f, 75fd6d041c4a325ae37f4683e6678d3015988bb0, c20ee380ca59c5a8646750c4849969a815924e2e |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.15 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 16, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 16, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix NULL pointer deref in RX SA delete check qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending() obtains the SCSI command via GET_CMD_SP(sp) and immediately dereferences cmd->sc_data_direction. That command pointer can be NULL: the firmware may post a status completion for a command that has already been returned or aborted. The caller qla2x00_status_entry() acknowledges this on the very same status path, re-fetching GET_CMD_SP(sp) and bailing out with the "Command already returned" message when it is NULL -- but that check runs only after qla_chk_edif_rx_sa_delete_pending() has already dereferenced the pointer, so a NULL cmd crashes the kernel in interrupt context. Return early when cmd is NULL, before touching cmd->sc_data_direction.
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