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CVE-2026-64319

critical

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-auth: validate reply message payload bounds against transfer length nvmet_auth_repl…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-auth: validate reply message payload bounds against transfer length nvmet_auth_reply() accesses the variable-length rval[] array using attacker-controlled hl (hash length) and dhvlen (DH value length) fields without verifying they fit within the allocated buffer of tl bytes. A malicious NVMe-oF initiator can craft a DHCHAP_REPLY message with a small transfer length but large hl/dhvlen values, causing out-of-bounds heap reads when the target processes the DH public key (rval + 2*hl) or performs the host response memcmp. With DH authentication configured, the OOB pointer is passed directly to sg_init_one() and read by crypto_kpp_compute_shared_secret(), reaching up to 526 bytes past the buffer. This is exploitable pre-authentication. Add bounds validation ensuring sizeof(*data) + 2*hl + dhvlen <= tl before any access to the variable-length fields. Discovered by Atuin - Automated Vulnerability Discovery Engine.

CVSS
9.1
9.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-25 10:17
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:19
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:34 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥6.0 <6.6.145, ≥6.7 <6.12.96, ≥6.13 <6.18.39, ≥6.19 <7.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a413ece2504c70aa34a20be4dafec04e8c741f9
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7649c1231dac14d906985d2936967e23041c26
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80cd28b56ab62d3e7ed0a7bf05282e6d3ee5b2a0
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/999f6205ede984a786f35f727b01f971b98e215d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa71b3a43ea5c13fe7141cb019ebcb03b8ac857

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:34 UTC · record ↗

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