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FKIE_CVE-2026-89968

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-16 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-16 15:18
Severity
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: nvmet-tcp: reject unsolicited H2CData PDUs nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu() accepts an H2CData PDU after only checking that its TTAG is a valid in-range command index and that the command's data buffers are mapped. It never checks that the target has actually solicited that data by sending an R2T for the command. A remote host can abuse this. It submits a write command that takes the R2T path and, before the target transmits the R2T, sends an H2CData PDU for that command's tag. The data completes the command early, and when the command then fails synchronously (e.g. a length mismatch caught by nvmet_check_transfer_len()), it is completed a second time. Each completion calls nvmet_tcp_queue_response(), so the same command is added to queue->resp_list twice while it is still linked; the second llist_add() makes the node point to itself (lentry->next == lentry). nvmet_tcp_process_resp_list() then walks that self-referential node and adds the command to resp_send_list twice. With CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST this trips the "list_add double add" check (kernel BUG); without it the loop never terminates and the nvmet_tcp workqueue wedges (soft-lockup). It is remotely triggerable and needs no authentication on an allow_any_host subsystem. Track whether an R2T has been transmitted for a command and reject an H2CData PDU that arrives before it. The flag is cleared on command reuse (nvmet_tcp_get_cmd() zeroes cmd->flags) and stays set across the multiple H2CData PDUs of a single solicited transfer.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02341ee424fb2eed16b5b8a9d247492e49335c21
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14beef7d4f123fb458fc9844aa74a071871dcca6
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cbed7538946c99e585acefd11c9ba3a0bdbae05
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b71f9193e3d3a352920ba367f1a6db345249038
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fb527103e53fd43a8e802c2eca407869c204f7a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cade124c06f8e738e3a0df285ed2e08953e6bfaa
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf1484d9a75de6809ef331e16f525aaa41b0e16d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db62b35cbca052860c519cbcabe7650708528738
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