CVE-2026-80791

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-auth: zero the AUTH_RECEIVE response buffer nvmet_execute_auth_receive() allocates the response buffer with kmalloc() sized by the host-supplied AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length, but the DH-HMAC-CHAP builders write only a fixed-size message into it. The full allocation length is then copied to the wire by nvmet_copy_to_sgl(), so a remote initiator receives the bytes past the built message -- up to nearly a page of uninitialized slab -- during the pre-authentication handshake. Allocate the buffer with kzalloc() so the unwritten tail is zeroed before it is sent; conforming responses are unaffected.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-04 16:18:05.327000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:13.213000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-04T16:18:05.327",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:13.213",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-auth: zero the AUTH_RECEIVE response buffer\n\nnvmet_execute_auth_receive() allocates the response buffer with kmalloc()\nsized by the host-supplied AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length, but the\nDH-HMAC-CHAP builders write only a fixed-size message into it. The full\nallocation length is then copied to the wire by nvmet_copy_to_sgl(), so a\nremote initiator receives the bytes past the built message -- up to nearly\na page of uninitialized slab -- during the pre-authentication handshake.\n\nAllocate the buffer with kzalloc() so the unwritten tail is zeroed before\nit is sent; conforming responses are unaffected."
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