# CVE-2026-89859: scsi: qla2xxx: Zero dport diagnostics buffer to avoid info leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.5
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.8
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.8.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.53; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Zero dport diagnostics buffer to avoid info leak qla2x00_do_dport_diagnostics() allocates the qla_dport_diag response buffer with kmalloc_obj() (non-zeroing) and, on success, copies the full sizeof(*dd) back to user space via sg_copy_from_buffer(). The inbound sg_copy_to_buffer() only fills as many bytes as the user request payload provides, and qla26xx_dport_diagnostics() zeroes only dd->buf. The options and unused[] fields are therefore copied out uninitialized, leaking kernel heap contents to user space. Allocate with kzalloc_obj(), matching qla2x00_do_dport_diagnostics_v2().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeef4fa993b3f962de9b45999f12ff25a5c79ce7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504b177ad58c45be7e1cfa81f9b42f7f040737c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e4c716909a053391b06a9a816c8588b652e3d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ecc30066c2284d2ed11bbd576ec97156b384054
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfc77099c7d9fde9520a229794b0154d7ccccc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e2411516bb95e52cb74c9c56b60ad2548a2730
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc03be982763a131913f84fe73b240ae45bca37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152edab3854f01dd2daf3eaf8f32cbabdb3834e

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