CVE-2026-89860

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission qla_nvme_fcp_abort() and qla_nvme_ls_abort() ran INIT_WORK() on priv->abort_work immediately before schedule_work(). INIT_WORK() reinitializes the work_struct, resetting its list head and clearing the pending bit. If an abort is issued more than once for the same command (for example, concurrent transport teardown and a timeout-driven abort), the second INIT_WORK() reinitializes a work item that is already queued, which can corrupt the workqueue list and lead to crashes or a looping worker. Initialize priv->abort_work once at command submission, next to the existing per-command spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock), and leave only schedule_work() in the abort paths. schedule_work() already does nothing when the work item is still pending, so a repeated abort no longer disturbs an in-flight work item. The command is not returned to the transport until the final kref_put()/release callback runs after abort_work has completed, so the work item is idle before priv is reused and the single submission-time INIT_WORK() is safe.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67f0d5187c29360388f7e1e503c627ec45d01089
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1b50c4879c2e6a034e8e85f9c055f0eea157c7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e85f6dbc85616de2172bce8eaf84b387a723cd1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b403700ac62fbf3c310196386e125879a182efcf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4aaa4a4e6f1da6f3abfd80e1917bef922287177