CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80791

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In nvmet_execute_auth_receive(), the response buffer is allocated with kmalloc() and not zeroed, and only part of it is filled by DH-HMAC-CHAP. Uninitialized data is sent to the initiator during the pre-authentication handshake.

Risk Assessment

A remote initiator can receive uninitialized kernel memory, potentially exposing sensitive data.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that allocates the buffer with kzalloc() to zero the unwritten tail.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-auth: zero the AUTH_RECEIVE response buffer nvmet_execute_auth_receive() allocates the response buffer with kmalloc() sized by the host-supplied AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length, but the DH-HMAC-CHAP builders write only a fixed-size message into it. The full allocation length is then copied to the wire by nvmet_copy_to_sgl(), so a remote initiator receives the bytes past the built message -- up to nearly a page of uninitialized slab -- during the pre-authentication handshake. Allocate the buffer with kzalloc() so the unwritten tail is zeroed before it is sent; conforming responses are unaffected.

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