CVE-2026-89969

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-tcp: fix out-of-bounds write when receiving an over-long PDU nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu() reads a PDU header into the fixed 128-byte queue->pdu union, then computes the remaining payload length as queue->left = hdr->hlen - queue->offset + hdgst; and reads that many more bytes into &queue->pdu + queue->offset, without ever bounding the result against sizeof(queue->pdu). A struct nvme_tcp_icreq_pdu is itself 128 bytes, exactly the size of the union. Once a header digest has been negotiated (hdgst = 4), a second ICReq passes the hlen == nvmet_tcp_pdu_size() check but yields queue->left = 128 - 8 + 4 = 124, so bytes 8..132 are written into the 128-byte buffer -- 4 bytes past its end, over queue->hdr_digest and queue->data_digest. Those bytes are attacker-controlled (an ICReq carries no digest), and the duplicate ICReq is only rejected later, after the overflow. A remote unauthenticated host can thus corrupt kernel memory adjacent to the receive buffer. Reject any PDU whose declared length would read past the end of queue->pdu before the second recv.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:17:07.527000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:43.420000

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  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:07.527",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:43.420",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-tcp: fix out-of-bounds write when receiving an over-long PDU\n\nnvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu() reads a PDU header into the fixed 128-byte\nqueue->pdu union, then computes the remaining payload length as\n\n\tqueue->left = hdr->hlen - queue->offset + hdgst;\n\nand reads that many more bytes into &queue->pdu + queue->offset, without\never bounding the result against sizeof(queue->pdu).\n\nA struct nvme_tcp_icreq_pdu is itself 128 bytes, exactly the size of the\nunion. Once a header digest has been negotiated (hdgst = 4), a second\nICReq passes the hlen == nvmet_tcp_pdu_size() check but yields\nqueue->left = 128 - 8 + 4 = 124, so bytes 8..132 are written into the\n128-byte buffer -- 4 bytes past its end, over queue->hdr_digest and\nqueue->data_digest. Those bytes are attacker-controlled (an ICReq\ncarries no digest), and the duplicate ICReq is only rejected later,\nafter the overflow. A remote unauthenticated host can thus corrupt\nkernel memory adjacent to the receive buffer.\n\nReject any PDU whose declared length would read past the end of\nqueue->pdu before the second recv."
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