Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89843
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150440
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89843
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized stack memory in qla2xxx BSG handlers when processing a short user-supplied BSG request payload. A local user can submit a specially crafted short BSG request to disclose sensitive information.
The information leak occurs in qla2x00_read_fru_status() and qla2x00_read_i2c().
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89843
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c820d0900e4aacd5020b989159f6b4b2f7d0d6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26bc6a2c235a70bfc9b6de412600208aca820e20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe5790674097897a1af1367d1e384f7e5a62fb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab32dff910291b5e6bf6223f8a4003536c1800a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708c0ec1e09c52fee24b74ce9398bf3f8d1c83fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7881faf862ee301ecfe3adc0725bd2fa0021cd95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/947c6bfcf7f5ec924995bec43e3108b98c75b44e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b93d3bb3afe1b44489927de1eb4e66e8536a5935