CVE-2026-89856

Summary

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Clamp MSI-X derived queue counts to avoid truncation

ha->msix_count is u16, but ha->max_req_queues, ha->max_rsp_queues and ha->max_qpairs are u8. Deriving the queue count as "ha->max_req_queues = ha->msix_count - 1" therefore truncates: a board (or a misconfigured/malicious hot-plugged device) advertising 257 MSI-X vectors yields msix_count - 1 == 256, which truncates to 0. An MSI-X count of 1 zeroes it as well, and in target mode the subsequent "ha->max_req_queues–" then underflows 0 to 255.

When the count is 0, qla2x00_alloc_queues() calls kzalloc_objs(struct req_que *, 0), which returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR. That is not NULL, so the allocation check passes and the following "ha->req_q_map[0] = req" dereferences ZERO_SIZE_PTR, corrupting memory or crashing the kernel.

Add qla_calc_queue_count() to clamp the derived value into [1, QLA_MAX_QUEUES - 1] so it always fits in u8 and is never zero, and use it at all three derivation sites (qla25xx_iospace_config(), qla83xx_iospace_config() and qla24xx_enable_msix()). Also guard the target-mode decrement so it cannot reintroduce a zero (which would in turn underflow max_qpairs).

Affected Software

Weaknesses

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf623d32761b00f221a9cfded3303d56e84b429d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eeddbeaa896f39d943644b16d83a6ad0ceab255
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802068b9b683b8008fcccbf6e9ad133e597ec87c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e80adfeac61b4d5db7ffe0f5af43999c33a4145e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2efe50b2da829909023de4a2eb87badb7cfa53cc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a448f5ed0b283dbde4e9183dd1e98c221432dab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c77254e6e91f37c72c7fad4051777452b10de8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebfd35c64433821bd5619a6d07ccc2df8b5b1de3

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