nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size Convert the max size to bytes to match the units of the divisor that calculates the worst-case number of PRP entries. The result is used to determine how many PRP Lists are required. The code was previously rounding this to 1 list, but we can require 2 in the worst case. In that scenario, the driver would corrupt memory beyond the size provided by the mempool. While unlikely to occur (you'd need a 4MB in exactly 127 phys segments on a queue that doesn't support SGLs), this memory corruption has been observed by kfence.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.17, 6.1.3, 6.2
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2026:75747 Released 2026-10-05 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10 +19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:75746 Released 2026-10-05 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10 +7
- RHSA-2023:6583 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, libperf-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-64k-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 +11
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75747 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75747 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75746 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75746 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-50756
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2wx-wqf4-px3j
- 2026-10-05 Fix available: RHSA-2026:75746 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-05 Fix available: RHSA-2026:75747 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-05 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) +1 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-08 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb6d54893d544151e7f480bc44cfe7823f5ad23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9141144b37f30e3e7fa024bcfa0a13011e546ba9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1777b4286e526c58b4ee699344b0ad85aaf83a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1814724e0d7162bdf4799f2d565381bc2251c63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c89a529e823d51dd23c7ec0c047c7a454a428541
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Sources
- CVE-2022-50756 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-50756 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j2wx-wqf4-px3j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-50756 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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