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CVE-2026-98725

nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge()

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KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:15:32 UTC

Severity

unknown

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Known exploitation

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Public exploit

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Remediation

Fix status not established

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What this means

The Linux kernel's nvmet-auth is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge(), potentially causing a kernel panic. Affected versions include Linux kernel 6.0. The vulnerability requires access to the nvmet-auth module.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Linux

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affected

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before e94ff1771c4cb398749789557f0b6feb871e3486

git versions

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before ef4dfad231a787aded76e5b03788ddb18c8aebab

git versions

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before 9d61131acd742cf97ee64e453383e41b46568513

git versions

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before 7fd3c363eba4f2aceb4b3f31cd1cf65e0dcbaee4

git versions

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before 8a9b4c0eef19c207663c1ee888257307c869ca86

git versions

db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 → before fa6778e030bed9841ddcdf96bc7018da9ac03562

git versions

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unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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affected

6.0

unaffected

0 → before 6.0

semver versions

6.1.191 → through 6.1.*

semver versions

6.6.160 → through 6.6.*

semver versions

6.12.113 → through 6.12.*

semver versions

6.18.56 → through 6.18.*

semver versions

7.2.10 → through 7.2.*

semver versions

7.3 → through *

original_commit_for_fix versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge()

nvmet_auth_challenge() receives its output buffer as a void pointer. sizeof(*d) therefore evaluates to one with GCC and undercounts the fixed challenge header by 15 bytes. A short AUTH_RECEIVE buffer can pass the check before the challenge is copied past the end of its allocation.

Use the typed challenge pointer when calculating the response size.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvmet_execute_auth_receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) Write of size 32 by task kworker/1:1H/64 Workqueue: nvmet_tcp_wq nvmet_tcp_io_work Call Trace: nvmet_execute_auth_receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1119 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1243) nvmet_tcp_io_work (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1350 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1382 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1445) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3322) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of allocated 33-byte region [ffff888000554e80, ffff888000554ea1) Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/e94ff1771c4cb398749789557f0b6feb871e3486
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef4dfad231a787aded76e5b03788ddb18c8aebab
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d61131acd742cf97ee64e453383e41b46568513
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fd3c363eba4f2aceb4b3f31cd1cf65e0dcbaee4
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a9b4c0eef19c207663c1ee888257307c869ca86
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6778e030bed9841ddcdf96bc7018da9ac03562
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Original records

CVE-2026-98725

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Environment requirements

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Linux · platform conditions

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Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 6.1.191

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 6.6.160

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 6.12.113

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 6.18.56

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 7.2.10

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 6.0

Before: 7.3

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2026-10-30

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