# CVE-2026-89514: scsi: fnic: Use GFP\_ATOMIC for VLAN alloc under spinlock

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.51, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 098585aa8acab3fcd46ce908af84ef168f5ccab6, fixed in c4ade059aaeb51fdb3f4ae71e1ea3e2019b85178; from 098585aa8acab3fcd46ce908af84ef168f5ccab6, fixed in d86f65aed01408613607f8fc31493f07554788f2; from 098585aa8acab3fcd46ce908af84ef168f5ccab6, fixed in 9639c6324524ea3f934908bd51f02430000954ab
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: fnic: Use GFP_ATOMIC for VLAN alloc under spinlock fnic_fcoe_process_vlan_resp() allocates a VLAN descriptor with kzalloc_obj() (default GFP_KERNEL) while holding vlans_lock via spin_lock_irqsave(). GFP_KERNEL may sleep, which is not allowed in this atomic context and can trigger a sleeping-from-invalid-context warning or deadlock. Pass GFP_ATOMIC so the allocation is safe under the IRQ-safe spinlock.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.51, 7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4ade059aaeb51fdb3f4ae71e1ea3e2019b85178
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d86f65aed01408613607f8fc31493f07554788f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9639c6324524ea3f934908bd51f02430000954ab

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