CVE-2026-98726 PUBLISHED

nvme-multipath: fix underflow in ANA log bounds checks

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

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

nvme-multipath: fix underflow in ANA log bounds checks

The number of ANA groups advertised through Identify Controller sizes the ANA log buffer. The ANA log header and group descriptors independently supply the number of groups and namespace IDs to parse.

Both bounds checks subtract an untrusted object size from ana_log_size before comparing the current offset. If the object is larger than the buffer, the size_t subtraction underflows and lets the parser read beyond ana_log_buf.

Check the current offset before the first subtraction and compare each object size with the remaining buffer instead. This rejects inconsistent ANA data before dereferencing a truncated group descriptor or walking an oversized namespace ID array.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0d0b660f214dc4905db7b6bc998bad0c16dfb1ba to 03a0c21f0fd7a872953aae5714303d8f38d1e567 (excl.)
  • affected from 0d0b660f214dc4905db7b6bc998bad0c16dfb1ba to 49e8a3224c91fd5fbf22f4adcca6c8209cfdd6fe (excl.)
  • affected from 0d0b660f214dc4905db7b6bc998bad0c16dfb1ba to e5cdb0c0a51e8ff49914ae16ef5360010c40cc85 (excl.)
  • affected from 0d0b660f214dc4905db7b6bc998bad0c16dfb1ba to 63fa2d9c9c37020bd2703fe2a6a38027b5abeb15 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.19 (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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