{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-72130", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.907Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:53:06.604Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:28:49.087Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:28:49.087Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers\n\nnvmet_execute_auth_receive() trusts the AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length\nafter checking only that it is nonzero and matches the transfer length.\nIn the SUCCESS1 and FAILURE1/default states, that lets a remote NVMe-oF\ninitiator reach the fixed-size DH-HMAC-CHAP response builders with a\nkmalloc() buffer shorter than the response, so nvmet_auth_success1() and\nnvmet_auth_failure1() write past the allocation; both only WARN_ON the\nshort length and then format the message anyway.\n\nImpact: A remote NVMe-oF initiator with access to an auth-enabled target\ncan trigger a 16-byte heap out-of-bounds write via a one-byte\nAUTH_RECEIVE allocation length.\n\nCompute the minimum response length for the current DH-HMAC-CHAP step in\nnvmet_auth_receive_data_len() and report a zero data length when the\nhost-supplied allocation length is shorter, so the existing zero-length\ncheck in nvmet_execute_auth_receive() rejects the command before any\nbuilder runs. The SUCCESS1 minimum is sizeof(struct\nnvmf_auth_dhchap_success1_data) plus the HMAC hash length, because the\nresponse hash is written into the rval[] flexible-array tail, so the\nminimum is state dependent rather than a flat sizeof. CHALLENGE keeps its\nexisting variable-length guard in nvmet_auth_challenge().\n\nThis is reachable only when in-band DH-HMAC-CHAP authentication is\nconfigured on the target."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The bug is in nvmet DH-HMAC-CHAP AUTH_RECEIVE handling reached by remote NVMe-oF initiators over network transports (nvmet-tcp/RDMA/FC); malicious allocation length arrives in a Fabrics command capsule from the network.\nAC:L - Once an auth-enabled target is reachable, the attacker fully controls AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length and can reliably reach vulnerable states (e.g. default NEGOTIATE branch or FAILURE1) without conditions beyond their control.\nPR:N - Exploitation occurs on the pre-authentication DH-HMAC-CHAP handshake before credentials are verified; no Linux privileges on the target are required, only network access to an auth-configured NVMe-oF target port.\nUI:N - No victim user action is required beyond the administrator having already deployed an NVMe-oF target; exploitation is driven entirely by attacker-sent Fabrics authentication commands.\nS:U - Impact is kernel heap memory corruption within the NVMe target subsystem on the same host; it does not cross a VM/hypervisor or IOMMU security boundary by itself.\nC:H - A controlled heap out-of-bounds write (up to 16 bytes plus optional HMAC tail in SUCCESS1) can corrupt adjacent kmalloc objects and be leveraged for kernel information disclosure, per memory-corruption guidance.\nI:H - The vulnerability is a heap out-of-bounds write in kernel context; such corruption is exploitable for arbitrary memory modification and potential code execution, not merely a bounded logic error.\nA:H - Heap corruption can cause kernel oops/panic, and the FAILURE1 AUTH_RECEIVE completion path calls nvmet_ctrl_fatal_error(), taking down the NVMe 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