CVE-2026-90228: high-severity vulnerability in Linux
nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns()
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 48% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns()
When a host issues an Identify command with CNS 05h (I/O Command Set
specific Identify Namespace) and CSI 02h (ZNS) targeting a file-backed
namespace, nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns() calls bdev_is_zoned() on
req->ns->bdev. A file-backed namespace has no block device, so
req->ns->bdev is NULL and bdev_is_zoned() dereferences it, oopsing.
The I/O command set is selected by the host-supplied CSI field and the
command is routed here whenever CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is enabled,
independent of the namespace backing type, so any file-backed namespace
is exposed.
Reject the command with Invalid Field when the namespace is not backed
by a block device.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4cf43f9ca7118590a338de900edbd6047cd89fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce8faf90eb0bf5599b90db38500aefea9426485https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb1236312ee1a600de6b3ca560f0b3fd5a50471https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b873099944dae5702b4b6db6814d1f1e8d4cfb00https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc29f7082b7ab5e0337f27d1fef16359f05fcffahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f594863967d87b7fcbff6e724d51135fd701a13dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff28a93a895912010a7827a0e1445ebe8be53b4d