CVE-2026-80787

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To decide whether that wait is needed,\nit reads iod->data_len and iod->dma_dir after calling req->execute().\n\nHowever, once req->execute() is called, the command may complete\nasynchronously on another CPU. For commands that do not require a\ndevice-to-host data transfer, nvmet_pci_epf_queue_response() calls\nnvmet_pci_epf_complete_iod() directly, which can free the iod before it\nreads iod->data_len and iod->dma_dir, resulting in the KFENCE use-after-\nfree:\n\n BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in nvmet_pci_epf_exec_iod_work+0x288/0x798 [nvmet_pci_epf]\n\n Use-after-free read at 0x00000000fdfa6d03 (in kfence-#63):\n nvmet_pci_epf_exec_iod_work+0x288/0x798 [nvmet_pci_epf]\n process_one_work+0x15c/0x4f0\n worker_thread+0x18c/0x30c\n kthread+0x130/0x140\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n kfence-#63: 0x00000000e3de0e71-0x00000000c938ad62, size=712, cache=kmalloc-1k\n\n allocated by task 10 on cpu 0 at 73.995480s (0.005122s ago):\n mempool_kmalloc+0x1c/0x28\n mempool_alloc_noprof+0x40/0x9c\n nvmet_pci_epf_poll_sqs_work+0xd4/0x344 [nvmet_pci_epf]\n process_one_work+0x15c/0x4f0\n worker_thread+0x18c/0x30c\n kthread+0x130/0x140\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n freed by task 131 on cpu 3 at 73.995521s (0.008385s ago):\n mempool_kfree+0x10/0x20\n mempool_free+0x44/0x64\n nvmet_pci_epf_free_iod+0x88/0x98 [nvmet_pci_epf]\n nvmet_pci_epf_cq_work+0xfc/0x280 [nvmet_pci_epf]\n process_one_work+0x15c/0x4f0\n worker_thread+0x18c/0x30c\n kthread+0x130/0x140\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nFix this by referring to iod->data_len and iod->dma_dir before calling\nreq->execute(). The remaining iod accesses such as iod->status are only\nreached on the device-to-host read path. In this case,\nnvmet_pci_epf_queue_response() signals iod->done instead of freeing the\niod, so the iod stays valid."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c"], "versions": [{"version": "0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186", "lessThan": "20be486d1c225402b067391e72ff5b0dd8ebff76", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186", "lessThan": "1ed1eeaef55cebf2d74b3ef104c20bdab719b165", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186", "lessThan": "cede8d2852570c79b9bbb9527255ae9ed3317b82", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0faa0fe6f90ea59b10d1b0f15ce0eb0c18eff186", "lessThan": "c9e9bb757971485b4e8414b1744507af186d72c9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/nvme/target/pci-epf.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.14", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.14", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.47", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.47"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.11"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.1"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20be486d1c225402b067391e72ff5b0dd8ebff76"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed1eeaef55cebf2d74b3ef104c20bdab719b165"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cede8d2852570c79b9bbb9527255ae9ed3317b82"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e9bb757971485b4e8414b1744507af186d72c9"}], "title": "nvmet: pci-epf: fix use-after-free in nvmet_pci_epf_exec_iod_work()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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