Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89845

 

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89845

Published: September 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU150442
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89845
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a time-of-check to time-of-use race condition in qla2x00_error_entry() when handling error entries during request-queue teardown. A local user can trigger processing of an error entry while the request queue is being torn down to cause a denial of service.

The response-queue interrupt can remain registered while request queues are being torn down.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_339-default
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-macros
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-89845

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-202.212, 7.0.0-42.42
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.116
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1119.126, 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1120.130, 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1116.122, 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1115.121
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-202.212+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1102.110
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1118.127
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.115
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.117, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1124.133
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.115
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1120.130+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1119.126+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1125.134+fips1
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_339-default - update to 1-8.3.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.339.1, 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.339.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

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