CVE-2026-80789

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-tcp: bound SGL data length before allocating command buffers nvmet_tcp_map_data() reads the host-controlled 32-bit sgl->length and, for the in-capsule offset descriptor (type 0x01), checks it against port->inline_data_size before use. Any other SGL descriptor type -- including the non-inline transport SGL data-block descriptor (type (NVME_TRANSPORT_SGL_DATA_DESC << 4) | NVME_SGL_FMT_TRANSPORT_A, the type a real host uses for out-of-capsule writes) skips that check entirely and falls straight through to: cmd->req.sg = sgl_alloc(len, GFP_KERNEL, &cmd->req.sg_cnt); with len taken directly from the wire, unbounded up to 4 GiB. nvmet_req_init() only parses the command and never inspects sgl->length, and nvmet_check_transfer_len() -- the only other place transfer_len is validated -- runs later, from req->execute(), after the allocation has already happened. For a write command the target responds with an R2T and parks the command waiting for the host to send the data; if the host (or an unauthenticated peer that simply never follows up) never does, the sgl_alloc() buffer stays resident for the life of the command. NVMe/TCP has no mandatory authentication in the default configuration, so any peer able to reach the target portal and complete a Fabrics connect can drive this with a single crafted command, repeatable across queues and connections for amplification. This is unbounded kernel memory allocation triggered by a remote, effectively unauthenticated peer. Validate len against the same NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA ceiling this file already uses to bound per-PDU H2C data, for every SGL descriptor type, before doing any allocation. This closes the gap for the non-inline descriptor while leaving the existing, tighter inline_data_size check in place for the in-capsule case. Runtime-verified on a v6.19 KASAN stand: with this bound in place, a crafted write command carrying an oversized non-inline SGL length is rejected before sgl_alloc() runs, where the same request previously drove an unbounded ~256 MiB kernel allocation (up to 4 GiB) that stayed resident pending an R2T the host never satisfies.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-04 16:18:05.010000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:12.933000

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  "published": "2026-09-04T16:18:05.010",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:12.933",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-tcp: bound SGL data length before allocating command buffers\n\nnvmet_tcp_map_data() reads the host-controlled 32-bit sgl->length\nand, for the in-capsule offset descriptor (type 0x01), checks it\nagainst port->inline_data_size before use. Any other SGL descriptor\ntype -- including the non-inline transport SGL data-block descriptor\n(type (NVME_TRANSPORT_SGL_DATA_DESC << 4) | NVME_SGL_FMT_TRANSPORT_A,\nthe type a real host uses for out-of-capsule writes) skips that check\nentirely and falls straight through to:\n\n\tcmd->req.sg = sgl_alloc(len, GFP_KERNEL, &cmd->req.sg_cnt);\n\nwith len taken directly from the wire, unbounded up to 4 GiB.\n\nnvmet_req_init() only parses the command and never inspects\nsgl->length, and nvmet_check_transfer_len() -- the only other place\ntransfer_len is validated -- runs later, from req->execute(), after\nthe allocation has already happened. For a write command the target\nresponds with an R2T and parks the command waiting for the host to\nsend the data; if the host (or an unauthenticated peer that simply\nnever follows up) never does, the sgl_alloc() buffer stays resident\nfor the life of the command. NVMe/TCP has no mandatory authentication\nin the default configuration, so any peer able to reach the target\nportal and complete a Fabrics connect can drive this with a single\ncrafted command, repeatable across queues and connections for\namplification. This is unbounded kernel memory allocation\ntriggered by a remote, effectively unauthenticated peer.\n\nValidate len against the same NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA ceiling this file\nalready uses to bound per-PDU H2C data, for every SGL descriptor type,\nbefore doing any allocation. This closes the gap for the non-inline\ndescriptor while leaving the existing, tighter inline_data_size check\nin place for the in-capsule case.\n\nRuntime-verified on a v6.19 KASAN stand: with this bound in place, a\ncrafted write command carrying an oversized non-inline SGL length is\nrejected before sgl_alloc() runs, where the same request previously\ndrove an unbounded ~256 MiB kernel allocation (up to 4 GiB) that\nstayed resident pending an R2T the host never satisfies."
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