Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock

The fcport->unsol_ctx_head list is modified from several contexts without
a common lock. Entries are added in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() from the
response queue ISR (under the qpair qp_lock), while they are removed from
qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt() (DPC/purex worker), qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp()
(NVMe-FC transport callback) and qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref() (SRB
completion). The qpair qp_lock cannot serialize this per-fcport list since
multiqueue adapters add entries through different qpairs, so a concurrent
add and delete (or two concurrent deletes) can corrupt the list pointers.

Introduce a dedicated per-fcport spinlock, unsol_ctx_lock, initialized in
qla2x00_alloc_fcport(), and take it around every list_add_tail()/list_del()
on unsol_ctx_head. The add nests under the existing qp_lock; no delete path
takes qp_lock, so the lock order is consistent and deadlock free.
Published: 2026-09-25
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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock The fcport->unsol_ctx_head list is modified from several contexts without a common lock. Entries are added in qla2xxx_process_purls_iocb() from the response queue ISR (under the qpair qp_lock), while they are removed from qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt() (DPC/purex worker), qla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() (NVMe-FC transport callback) and qla_nvme_release_lsrsp_cmd_kref() (SRB completion). The qpair qp_lock cannot serialize this per-fcport list since multiqueue adapters add entries through different qpairs, so a concurrent add and delete (or two concurrent deletes) can corrupt the list pointers. Introduce a dedicated per-fcport spinlock, unsol_ctx_lock, initialized in qla2x00_alloc_fcport(), and take it around every list_add_tail()/list_del() on unsol_ctx_head. The add nests under the existing qp_lock; no delete path takes qp_lock, so the lock order is consistent and deadlock free.
Title scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T10:21:29.521Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.152Z

Link: CVE-2026-97527

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:02.873

Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:02.873

Link: CVE-2026-97527

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