CVE-2026-98724 PUBLISHED

nvmet: pci-epf: reject too-short SGL segments

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

nvmet: pci-epf: reject too-short SGL segments

The host controls an SGL segment's length. A nonzero length smaller than one SGL descriptor makes nr_descs zero, so nvmet_pci_epf_get_sgl_segment() reads the type byte of sgls[-1] outside the allocated buffer. If that byte contains a segment descriptor type, the function also copies the preceding 16 bytes and returns a negative descriptor count.

The read was reproduced in 3/3 KASAN boots with only the host transfer mocked by a KUnit test:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvmet_pci_epf_get_sgl_segment Read of size 1 by task kunit_try_catch Call Trace: nvmet_pci_epf_get_sgl_segment nvmet_pci_epf_short_sgl_test Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...

Reject segments that cannot hold one descriptor before allocating or transferring their contents.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186 to 2423a05dd0f21330c47ce0ae1cb54a8b0be821e2 (excl.)
  • affected from 0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186 to 472df1d103dbe3e9d09156f0667e36180e912c46 (excl.)
  • affected from 0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186 to 5d5fbfbbacd1efb13a9bf91317d4fde859ede4b9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.56 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc6 to * (incl.)

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