CVE-2026-98725

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvmet-auth: fix out-of-bounds write in nvmet auth challenge()

nvmet auth challenge() receives its output buffer as a void pointer. sizeof(*d) therefore evaluates to one with GCC and undercounts the fixed challenge header by 15 bytes. A short AUTH RECEIVE buffer can pass the check before the challenge is copied past the end of its allocation.

Use the typed challenge pointer when calculating the response size.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nvmet execute auth receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) Write of size 32 by task kworker/1:1H/64 Workqueue: nvmet tcp wq nvmet tcp io work Call Trace: nvmet execute auth receive (drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:442 drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c:569) nvmet tcp try recv pdu (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1119 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1243) nvmet tcp io work (drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1350 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1382 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c:1445) process one work (kernel/workqueue.c:3322) worker thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret from fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret from fork asm (arch/x86/entry/entry 64.S:245) The buggy address is located 16 bytes inside of allocated 33-byte region [ffff888000554e80, ffff888000554ea1) Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic on warn set ...