{"cve":"CVE-2026-74383","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:40.170","modified":"2026-08-17T06:19:33.183","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-pci: fix out-of-bounds access in nvme_setup_descriptor_pools\n\nnvme_setup_descriptor_pools() indexes dev->descriptor_pools[] using the\nnuma_node forwarded from hctx->numa_node by its single caller,\nnvme_init_hctx_common().  On a non-NUMA kernel hctx->numa_node is\nNUMA_NO_NODE (-1).  Because the parameter was declared 'unsigned', the\nvalue becomes UINT_MAX and the index walks off the array (sized to\nnr_node_ids), faulting during nvme_alloc_ns() and leaving the namespace\nwithout a /dev node.\n\nReproduces on any NVMe controller probed by a CONFIG_NUMA=n kernel:\n\n  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff889101603d38\n  RIP: 0010:nvme_init_hctx_common+0x5a/0x190 [nvme]\n  Call Trace:\n   nvme_init_hctx+0x10/0x20 [nvme]\n   nvme_alloc_ns+0x9e/0xa10 [nvme_core]\n   nvme_scan_ns+0x301/0x3b0 [nvme_core]\n   nvme_scan_ns_async+0x23/0x30 [nvme_core]\n\nSwitch the parameter to int and fall back to node 0 when it is\nNUMA_NO_NODE; node 0 is always present.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.4},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8aed5edaeeb237f97255d711aac6b5843fc059","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a192b8cfa447e1b3701a13434a31c392b2e7ed29","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa9b6accd1ad7af6914b409c6b003c417724c299"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:10.689564601+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74383","score":0.00194,"percentile":0.09081,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}