CVE-2026-52989
Critical · CVSS 9.8Linux Kernel — CWE-390 Detection of Error Condition Without Action / uninitialized iterator use after fatal error in nvmet-tcp PDU handling
- CVSS
- 9.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- 26th pct
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
- CWE-908, CWE-390
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-tcp: propagate nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() errors to its callers Currently, when nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() detects an out-of-bounds PDU length or offset, it triggers nvmet_tcp_fatal_error(cmd->queue) and returns early. However, because the function returns void, the callers are entirely unaware that a fatal error has occurred and that the cmd->recv_msg.msg_iter was left uninitialized. Callers such as nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu() proceed to blindly overwrite the queue state with queue->rcv_state = NVMET_TCP_RECV_DATA Consequently, the socket receiving loop may attempt to read incoming network data into the uninitialized iterator. Fix this by shifting the error handling responsibility to the callers.
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Affected packages
| Linux | Kernel | 0 → 6.1.175 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.13.0 → 6.18.33 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.19.0 → 7.0.10 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.2.0 → 6.6.141 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.7.0 → 6.12.91 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046fa5c72d15cd8e2d592e275697ea399d8f76b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df42a854686fa06484e37ac1a3931c8e3e3453c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a11441538bdbbc5aa003f190995eba93a89b88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7c8f95f599b3b38a717d2e771c3f8c174f657c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea8e356acb165cb1fd75537a52e1f66e5e76c538
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9204a2b78dd18374d3bcf9bf93d9021ce22de1b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52989
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492443
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52989.json
Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-11T00:00:26.000Z · profiled 2026-07-11T00:30:26.000Z