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FKIE_CVE-2026-22998

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-25 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 13:20

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec Commit efa56305908b ("nvmet-tcp: Fix a kernel panic when host sends an invalid H2C PDU length") added ttag bounds checking and data_offset validation in nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu(), but it did not validate whether the command's data structures (cmd->req.sg and cmd->iov) have been properly initialized before processing H2C_DATA PDUs. The nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() function dereferences these pointers without NULL checks. This can be triggered by sending H2C_DATA PDU immediately after the ICREQ/ICRESP handshake, before sending a CONNECT command or NVMe write command. Attack vectors that trigger NULL pointer dereferences: 1. H2C_DATA PDU sent before CONNECT → both pointers NULL 2. H2C_DATA PDU for READ command → cmd->req.sg allocated, cmd->iov NULL 3. H2C_DATA PDU for uninitialized command slot → both pointers NULL The fix validates both cmd->req.sg and cmd->iov before calling nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec(). Both checks are required because: - Uninitialized commands: both NULL - READ commands: cmd->req.sg allocated, cmd->iov NULL - WRITE commands: both allocated

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b63acd78f577b332d976aa06b56e70d054cbba	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374b095e265fa27465f34780e0eb162ff1bef913	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3def5243150716be86599c2a1767c29c68838b6d	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76abc83a9d25593c2b7613c549413079c14a4686	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d75570002929d20e40110d6b03e46202c9d1bc7	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baabe43a0edefac8cd7b981ff87f967f6034dafe	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdecd3b6aac10d5a18d0dc500fe57f8648b66cd4	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19
linux	linux_kernel	6.19

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CVE-2026-22998 (GCVE-0-2026-22998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-25 14:36 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:20

Title

nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-16 20:38 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baabe43a0edefac8c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76abc83a9d25593c2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d75570002929d20e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdecd3b6aac10d5a1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3def5243150716be8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374b095e265fa2746…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b63acd78f577b33…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: f775f2621c2ac5cc3a0b3a64665dad4fb146e510 , < baabe43a0edefac8cd7b981ff87f967f6034dafe (git) Affected: 4cb3cf7177ae3666be7fb27d4ad4d72a295fb02d , < 76abc83a9d25593c2b7613c549413079c14a4686 (git) Affected: 2871aa407007f6f531fae181ad252486e022df42 , < 7d75570002929d20e40110d6b03e46202c9d1bc7 (git) Affected: 24e05760186dc070d3db190ca61efdbce23afc88 , < fdecd3b6aac10d5a18d0dc500fe57f8648b66cd4 (git) Affected: efa56305908ba20de2104f1b8508c6a7401833be , < 3def5243150716be86599c2a1767c29c68838b6d (git) Affected: efa56305908ba20de2104f1b8508c6a7401833be , < 374b095e265fa27465f34780e0eb162ff1bef913 (git) Affected: efa56305908ba20de2104f1b8508c6a7401833be , < 32b63acd78f577b332d976aa06b56e70d054cbba (git) Affected: ee5e7632e981673f42a50ade25e71e612e543d9d (git) Affected: 70154e8d015c9b4fb56c1a2ef1fc8b83d45c7f68 (git) Affected: 5.10.209 , < 5.10.249 (semver) Affected: 5.15.148 , < 5.15.199 (semver) Affected: 6.1.75 , < 6.1.162 (semver) Affected: 6.6.14 , < 6.6.122 (semver) Affected: 5.4.268 , < 5.5 (semver) Affected: 6.7.2 , < 6.8 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.249 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.199 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.162 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.122 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.67 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.7 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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