# CVE-2026-23059: scsi: qla2xxx: Sanitize payload size to prevent member overflow

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Sanitize payload size to prevent member overflow In qla27xx_copy_fpin_pkt() and qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt(), the frame_size reported by firmware is used to calculate the copy length into item->iocb. However, the iocb member is defined as a fixed-size 64-byte array within struct purex_item. If the reported frame_size exceeds 64 bytes, subsequent memcpy calls will overflow the iocb member boundary. While extra memory might be allocated, this cross-member write is unsafe and triggers warnings under CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE. Fix this by capping total_bytes to the size of the iocb member (64 bytes) before allocation and copying. This ensures all copies remain within the bounds of the destination structure member.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408bfa8d70f79ac696cec1bdbdfb3bf43a02e6d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1922468a4a80424e5a69f7ba50adcee37f4722e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa14451fa5d5f2de919384c637e2a8c604e1a1fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bc5f2a6962dfaa0e32d0e0bc2271993d85d414

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