CVE-2026-89481

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-89481",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:29.600",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:20:17.727",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-tcp: fix host memory disclosure on R2T for a read command\n\nnvme_tcp_handle_r2t() does not check the direction of the request the\nR2T refers to. A malicious controller can send an R2T for a READ and\nthe host will answer it: nvme_tcp_setup_h2c_data_pdu() builds the\nH2CData header and nvme_tcp_try_send_data() sends the request's data\nbuffer. That buffer is the READ destination, so its contents go to the\ncontroller.\n\nThe command then completes normally and nothing is logged.\n\nAgainst a test controller that answers every READ with an R2T, a 4096\nbyte buffered read returned all 4096 bytes, split over two R2Ts. The\npages contained stale kernel data, including an array of struct page\npointers.\n\nReject an R2T for a request that is not a write."
    }
  ],
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          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c"
          ],
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              "version": "5.15.224",
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          "baseScore": 7.5,
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          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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