CVE-2026-98725 PUBLISHED

nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge()

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-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet_auth_challenge()

nvmet_auth_challenge() receives its output buffer as a void pointer. sizeof(*d) therefore evaluates to one with GCC and undercounts the fixed challenge header by 15 bytes. A short AUTH_RECEIVE buffer can pass the check before the challenge is copied past the end of its allocation.

Use the typed challenge pointer when calculating the response size.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvmet_execute_auth_receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) Write of size 32 by task kworker/1:1H/64 Workqueue: nvmet_tcp_wq nvmet_tcp_io_work Call Trace: nvmet_execute_auth_receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1119 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1243) nvmet_tcp_io_work (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1350 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1382 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1445) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3322) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of allocated 33-byte region [ffff888000554e80, ffff888000554ea1) Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 to 9d61131acd742cf97ee64e453383e41b46568513 (excl.)
  • affected from db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 to 7fd3c363eba4f2aceb4b3f31cd1cf65e0dcbaee4 (excl.)
  • affected from db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 to 8a9b4c0eef19c207663c1ee888257307c869ca86 (excl.)
  • affected from db1312dd95488b5e6ff362ff66fcf953a46b1821 to fa6778e030bed9841ddcdf96bc7018da9ac03562 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.0 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.0 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.113 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • 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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