Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89482
nvme-tcp: do not accept C2HData based on blk_rq_payload_bytes() alone
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvme-tcp: do not accept C2HData based on blk_rq_payload_bytes() alone
Commit 25e5cb780e62 ("nvme-tcp: fix possible crash in write_zeroes
processing") established that blk_rq_payload_bytes() must not be read
without first checking blk_rq_nr_phys_segments(), and recorded the
result in nvme_tcp_setup_cmd_pdu() as req->data_len. The receive side
was left as it was.
The two differ for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES, which has no physical segments
but a non-zero blk_rq_bytes(), so setup leaves req->iter untouched
while the receive gate lets a C2HData through and nvme_tcp_recv_data()
copies into whatever the previous command on that tag left there. The
driver-private area is zeroed only when the tag set is allocated.
Reproduced with a test target that leaves a residual iterator on a tag
and then sends a C2HData for a WRITE_ZEROES command on the same tag:
BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in _copy_to_iter+0x642/0x1330
Write of size 512 at addr ffe728c2175dfa81 by task kworker/0:1H/103
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 103 Comm: kworker/0:1H Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-NVMETCP-gf5098b6bae76 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: nvme_tcp_wq nvme_tcp_io_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
? _copy_to_iter+0x642/0x1330
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0
__asan_memcpy+0x3c/0x60
_copy_to_iter+0x642/0x1330
? __pfx_sock_has_perm+0x10/0x10
? worker_thread+0x45b/0xd10
? __pfx__copy_to_iter+0x10/0x10
? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x83/0xe0
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_bh+0x10/0x10
__skb_datagram_iter+0xf3/0x820
? __pfx_simple_copy_to_iter+0x10/0x10
? __asan_memcpy+0x3c/0x60
? skb_copy_bits+0x58d/0x830
skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x37/0x120
nvme_tcp_recv_skb+0xa07/0x4320
? __pfx_nvme_tcp_recv_skb+0x10/0x10
__tcp_read_sock+0x1ab/0x810
? __pfx_nvme_tcp_recv_skb+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_lock_sock_nested+0x10/0x10
? __pfx___tcp_read_sock+0x10/0x10
nvme_tcp_try_recv+0x152/0x1e0
? __pfx_nvme_tcp_try_recv+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10
nvme_tcp_io_work+0x1e4/0x6c0
? __schedule+0x181a/0x49f0
? __pfx_nvme_tcp_io_work+0x10/0x10
process_one_work+0x633/0x1030
Keep the blk_rq_payload_bytes() test and add req->data_len to it. The
old test is what rejects a C2HData naming a tag that is no longer in
flight, because blk_update_request() zeroes rq->__data_len on
completion; req->data_len and req->curr_bio are driver-private and
survive completion, so they cannot stand in for it. Setup initialises
the iterator only when both req->curr_bio and req->data_len are set, so
the gate now tests the same two.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before 32ea8ce96b9bd797c59c351ce490ffd97adaa8c0; 25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before dd8906bb8f8d5bf1c9f861e1382c82b87bfe7cab; 25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before 7ed0b61bbc145988be292c4d3ec580aebd8d2bcd; 25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before b96e1ff75e5c0ad6e077ac002b1d30b0a2b49528; 25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before b36161701cb366f416afdcf70771d432a7c74753; 25e5cb780e62bde432b401f312bb847edc78b432 before 6a01b58263108eaf9869bb6f82f07709240c6589; +7 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89482
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ea8ce96b9bd797c59c351ce490ffd97adaa8c0
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4aa9e6ad3e35f8e24d5eaf38ee4d437075fb36
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641ad3a30ba560f0a9a610376c568d7b75d2a2aa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a01b58263108eaf9869bb6f82f07709240c6589
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed0b61bbc145988be292c4d3ec580aebd8d2bcd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b36161701cb366f416afdcf70771d432a7c74753
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