Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89855
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150428
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89855
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause corruption of flash version reads.
The vulnerability exists due to improper synchronization in the qla2x00_sysfs_write_reset reset handler when the update cache versions without reset sysfs reset operation is invoked concurrently with a VPD or optrom flash operation. A local user can invoke the reset operation while a concurrent flash operation accesses the same hardware flash registers to cause corruption of flash version reads.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89855
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31bf2714abbb0aa5a8a03d15038f8920e1c74b21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33735490789e5417851752974c0b1d23125559cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75460967619eda720c9a03767729157ffd171d8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d116137119371349fb09685fe05413d8fc92efe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cef42a073a0bdeee7fb1b47221cda222d330d2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae979c549cba684e67b6c047140f3a8d2439b298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1fc052f2a5890ea6dba80d50254dd6258b13386
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f606ed93de0c4f1e7e3618779e9fad731455314a