# scsi: qla2xxx: Hold qpair lock when sending NVMe LS reject

CVE record · `CVE-2026-89857`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-89857`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2026, 10:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c to before 7eb618877503edbf17aa65e357a81bda1fc8f163` (git)
  - affected: `875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c to before b3a362466db6b8ec47cc537ac641ac197fa69b5d` (git)
  - affected: `875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c to before 11834e5773e20fd3742d7eb900876e66b9e7d029` (git)
  - affected: `875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c to before b02ff132017b28222187ebcf95ce7f4cb576cd36` (git)
  - affected: `875386b98857822b77ac7f95bdf367b70af5b78c to before f743488e4a203049f27ec5d8cd0caccc483af01e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.51 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.5 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0062, the 50th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-89857](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89857)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-89857](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89857)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eb618877503edbf17aa65e357a81bda1fc8f163>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a362466db6b8ec47cc537ac641ac197fa69b5d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11834e5773e20fd3742d7eb900876e66b9e7d029>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02ff132017b28222187ebcf95ce7f4cb576cd36>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f743488e4a203049f27ec5d8cd0caccc483af01e>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-89857>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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