CVE-2026-90011

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Reserve a terminator byte for the login payload iscsi_target_check_login_request() rejects a login PDU whose DataSegmentLength exceeds MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS, but the test is '>' and login->req_buf is allocated with exactly MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS bytes. Since iscsit_get_login_rx() receives payload_length + padding bytes, where padding = ((-payload_length) & 3); any payload_length from 8189 to 8192 fills the whole 8192 byte buffer. The write stays in bounds, but no byte is left for a NUL terminator. The buffer is subsequently consumed as a C string. In the CHAP path chap_check_algorithm() calls kstrdup(a_str), and extract_param() calls strstr(in_buf, pattern) followed by strlen_semi(), none of which take a length. convert_null_to_semi() additionally rewrites every embedded NUL to ';', so even a payload made of well formed NUL separated key=value records is left without a terminator. These walk past the end of the object into adjacent slab memory. It is reachable by an unauthenticated initiator against a portal configured for CHAP; when authentication is not required iscsi_login_zero_tsih_s2() rewrites AuthMethod to None and the CHAP path is never entered. Allocate one extra byte. kzalloc() zeroes it and nothing ever writes to it, as every writer copies to offset 0 for at most MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS bytes, so the buffer is always terminated.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.1 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:17:13.760000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:48.927000

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  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:13.760",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:48.927",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: iscsi: Reserve a terminator byte for the login payload\n\niscsi_target_check_login_request() rejects a login PDU whose\nDataSegmentLength exceeds MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS, but the test is '>' and\nlogin->req_buf is allocated with exactly MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS\nbytes. Since iscsit_get_login_rx() receives payload_length + padding\nbytes, where\n\n\tpadding = ((-payload_length) & 3);\n\nany payload_length from 8189 to 8192 fills the whole 8192 byte\nbuffer. The write stays in bounds, but no byte is left for a NUL\nterminator.\n\nThe buffer is subsequently consumed as a C string. In the CHAP path\nchap_check_algorithm() calls kstrdup(a_str), and extract_param() calls\nstrstr(in_buf, pattern) followed by strlen_semi(), none of which take a\nlength. convert_null_to_semi() additionally rewrites every embedded NUL\nto ';', so even a payload made of well formed NUL separated key=value\nrecords is left without a terminator. These walk past the end of the\nobject into adjacent slab memory. It is reachable by an unauthenticated\ninitiator against a portal configured for CHAP; when authentication is\nnot required iscsi_login_zero_tsih_s2() rewrites AuthMethod to None and\nthe CHAP path is never entered.\n\nAllocate one extra byte. kzalloc() zeroes it and nothing ever writes to\nit, as every writer copies to offset 0 for at most MAX_KEY_VALUE_PAIRS\nbytes, so the buffer is always terminated."
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