{"cve":"CVE-2026-80789","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-04T16:18:05.010","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:12.933","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-tcp: bound SGL data length before allocating command buffers\n\nnvmet_tcp_map_data() reads the host-controlled 32-bit sgl->length\nand, for the in-capsule offset descriptor (type 0x01), checks it\nagainst port->inline_data_size before use. Any other SGL descriptor\ntype -- including the non-inline transport SGL data-block descriptor\n(type (NVME_TRANSPORT_SGL_DATA_DESC << 4) | NVME_SGL_FMT_TRANSPORT_A,\nthe type a real host uses for out-of-capsule writes) skips that check\nentirely and falls straight through to:\n\n\tcmd->req.sg = sgl_alloc(len, GFP_KERNEL, &cmd->req.sg_cnt);\n\nwith len taken directly from the wire, unbounded up to 4 GiB.\n\nnvmet_req_init() only parses the command and never inspects\nsgl->length, and nvmet_check_transfer_len() -- the only other place\ntransfer_len is validated -- runs later, from req->execute(), after\nthe allocation has already happened. For a write command the target\nresponds with an R2T and parks the command waiting for the host to\nsend the data; if the host (or an unauthenticated peer that simply\nnever follows up) never does, the sgl_alloc() buffer stays resident\nfor the life of the command. NVMe/TCP has no mandatory authentication\nin the default configuration, so any peer able to reach the target\nportal and complete a Fabrics connect can drive this with a single\ncrafted command, repeatable across queues and connections for\namplification. This is unbounded kernel memory allocation\ntriggered by a remote, effectively unauthenticated peer.\n\nValidate len against the same NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA ceiling this file\nalready uses to bound per-PDU H2C data, for every SGL descriptor type,\nbefore doing any allocation. This closes the gap for the non-inline\ndescriptor while leaving the existing, tighter inline_data_size check\nin place for the in-capsule case.\n\nRuntime-verified on a v6.19 KASAN stand: with this bound in place, a\ncrafted write command carrying an oversized non-inline SGL length is\nrejected before sgl_alloc() runs, where the same request previously\ndrove an unbounded ~256 MiB kernel allocation (up to 4 GiB) that\nstayed resident pending an R2T the host never satisfies.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0952541b153e258b99d39cdb03ea6919fdeb41d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14dbe37681a6a7e346fc147bb363ec7cca3180a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ad03d5c0e858c4b63f1e4b6d461d2af1b30b22","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a3f00262a044e8e15064b1a6860968bf0500bf4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d27199ebe8cb223022150f74be13f154a964474"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:52:03.409947763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-80789","score":0.00234,"percentile":0.14169,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}