CVE-2026-64319CWE-125

CVE-2026-64319

Critical · published July 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00524 · 43.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-07-25T14:17Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.6.1456.6.145
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.966.12.96
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.396.18.39
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.1.47.1.4
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 08:49Z
    nvmet-auth: validate reply message payload bounds against transfer length
    cvelistv5