Kernel stack disclosure via unbounded image count
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux qla2xxx allows local users to disclose kernel stack data through a crafted BSG FRU-version request. qla2x00_update_fru_versions() copies the request into a 256-byte stack buffer but trusts list->count, so more than six entries advances beyond the buffer and passes adjacent stack bytes to qla2x00_write_sfp(). Exploitation requires permission to submit the BSG request to a system using the qla2xxx driver and a compatible adapter; the disclosed bytes are sent to that device.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux qla2xxx allows local users to disclose kernel stack data through a crafted BSG FRU-version request. qla2x00_update_fru_versions() copies the request into a 256-byte stack buffer but trusts list->count, so more than six entries advances beyond the buffer and passes adjacent stack bytes to qla2x00_write_sfp(). Exploitation requires permission to submit the BSG request to a system using the qla2xxx driver and a compatible adapter; the disclosed bytes are sent to that device.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-89858
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.2
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <047f1f7ee6f85bde28abfdda9fa550191ddc0532
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <7b22b4cb8822805cef7ba618da6f76e1474d68bd
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <7e3154c97ec15460f715dbbe4097c255cce110b1
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <a9706d5e754e77515a92bb532bd0d73644979a1f
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <af733bbfcf667af1871a2735fba2835b0da71efb
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <de62cf265dbe309f34f144a6cdbca9240317727e
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <f2d4f025b67fcbfb2bbbadd3b5a6a43c4b436514
- Affected versionversion=697a4bc69159c3396035b0506ffa55c4b2d0b1f4 <f93e8039e6fd54a3c027c6184daf00b745b576a0
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