scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 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: scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow A buffer overflow arises from the usage of snprintf to write into the buffer "buf" in target_lu_gp_members_show function located in /drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c. This buffer is allocated with size LU_GROUP_NAME_BUF (256 bytes). snprintf(...) formats multiple strings into buf with the HBA name (hba->hba_group.cg_item), a slash character, a devicename (dev-> dev_group.cg_item) and a newline character, the total formatted string length may exceed the buffer size of 256 bytes. Since snprintf() returns the total number of bytes that would have been written (the length of %s/%sn ), this value may exceed the buffer length (256 bytes) passed to memcpy(), this will ultimately cause function memcpy reporting a buffer overflow error. An additional check of the return value of snprintf() can avoid this buffer overflow.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.38 and later | 5.4.301, 5.10.246, 5.15.195, 6.1.156, 6.6.110, 6.12.51, 6.16.11, 6.17.1, 6.18 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.38 and later Fixed in 5.4.301, 5.10.246, 5.15.195, 6.1.156, 6.6.110, 6.12.51, 6.16.11, 6.17.1, 6.18 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.301, 5.10.246, 5.15.195, 6.1.156, 6.6.110, 6.12.51, 6.16.11, 6.17.1, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-39998
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5vm-jvgf-qf7m
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6eeee5dc0d9221ff96d1b229b1d0222c8871b84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764a91e2fc9639e07aac93bc70e387e6b1e33084
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc79fba132b807ff775467acceaf48b456e008b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e73fe0eefac3e15bf88fb5b4afae4c76215ee4d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f03aa5e39da7d045615b3951d2a6ca1d7132f881
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53c6351597e6a17ec6619f6f060d54128cb9a187
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b292286949588bd2818e66ff102db278de8dd26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a150275831b765b0f1de8b8ff52ec5c6933ac15d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27e06650a5eafe832a90fd2604f0c5e920857fae
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Sources
- CVE-2025-39998 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-39998 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h5vm-jvgf-qf7m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-39998 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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