CVE-2026-80813 PUBLISHED

nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_nslist()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

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

nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_nslist()

When a host issues an Identify command with CNS 07h (Active Namespace ID List for a specific I/O Command Set), nvmet_execute_identify_nslist() is called with match_css set. The command-set filter dereferences req->ns, but this handler never calls nvmet_req_find_ns(), so req->ns is always NULL (nvmet_req_init() resets it to NULL). As soon as an enabled namespace with an NSID greater than the requested value exists, req->ns->csi dereferences a NULL pointer and oopses.

Besides the crash, the comparison is logically wrong: to filter the list by command set it must test the command set of the namespace being iterated, not a single fixed value. Use the loop variable ns->csi.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 61c9967cd63448292a64f9ee9aeb6e2053e3a624 to 61dc1a37e04d4003a19095f54883358330034a39 (excl.)
  • affected from 61c9967cd63448292a64f9ee9aeb6e2053e3a624 to 2bc1e33ff6a558c8ceef7c0077f3ef70a15fcba2 (excl.)
  • affected from 61c9967cd63448292a64f9ee9aeb6e2053e3a624 to 123d664ac98d6f3464462ad4a530474b91ba9890 (excl.)
  • affected from 61c9967cd63448292a64f9ee9aeb6e2053e3a624 to 79aba4c9403419d822972d2851f2a96a2c0531cf (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.47 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.11 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.1 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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