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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-89842",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.770Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-16T10:31:16.544Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:53:35.290Z"
    },
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                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: qla2xxx: Skip NVMe LS reject IOCB when FW not started\n\nqla_nvme_xmt_ls_rsp() bails out to the out: label when firmware is not\nstarted (!ha->flags.fw_started), but the out: path unconditionally calls\nqla_nvme_ls_reject_iocb(), which ends in qla2x00_start_iocbs() and an\nunconditional doorbell write to the request queue in-pointer register.\nThis rings the firmware doorbell and queues an IOCB that stopped or\nresetting firmware cannot consume, and touches MMIO during the reset/EEH\nwindow where fw_started is also clear.\n\nOnly emit the LS reject IOCB (and ring the doorbell) when fw_started is\nset; otherwise just clean up and return. The post-allocation failure\ncases (SRB alloc / qla2x00_start_sp() failure) run with firmware started\nand still send the reject. Apply the same guard to the reject emission\nin qla2xxx_process_purls_pkt()."
                }
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                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c"
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                    "programFiles": [
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                            "status": "unaffected",
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2935b730211c5c1433aa6101fa3b55df2b63869a"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e46ebffc5781aab3f1f5a5d4350addbb5833f4"
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            "title": "scsi: qla2xxx: Skip NVMe LS reject IOCB when FW not started",
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