nvmet-tcp: fix out-of-bounds write when receiving an over-long PDU
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · 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: 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89969
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcvm-4g32-rvg7
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f0bcfbaf3312a5754d1ce020a07d394669eb25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f84d42c53c49557fb1ef285c683b0a81b576c74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58dc6035b79c4c73c0cbf9ec9f68a7f117b2b3e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5f39d2b58f97e0cd1829c4a6aeef17f1607cca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a385e0c39efbe34db8edd95900c123113ae3450
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc4acbdb3ca8c81441368ad7409b8f77d4de8f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d95d342bc0ea82dc79e6362b2f1f997431750e4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14cc5a7e77731497d5bea70f3bb05df7eda982e4
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89969 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89969 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pcvm-4g32-rvg7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89969 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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