CVE-2026-74556
scsi: libiscsi_tcp: Bound SCSI Response data segment to the connection buffer
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: libiscsi_tcp: Bound SCSI Response data segment to the connection buffer
iscsi_tcp_hdr_dissect() receives the data segment of several PDU types into the fixed-size conn->data buffer, which is allocated for ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN (8192) bytes. For the LOGIN_RSP, TEXT_RSP, REJECT and ASYNC_EVENT opcodes the dissect path already rejects a PDU whose DataSegmentLength exceeds that buffer.
The SCSI Command Response (ISCSI_OP_SCSI_CMD_RSP) path also copies its data segment (sense/response data) into conn->data via iscsi_tcp_data_recv_prep(), but it does so without the same check. The only upstream bound on in.datalen is conn->max_recv_dlength, the initiator's advertised MaxRecvDataSegmentLength, which is commonly negotiated well above 8192 (open-iscsi defaults to 262144). A target that returns a SCSI Response with a DataSegmentLength between 8193 and max_recv_dlength therefore overflows the 8192-byte conn->data buffer.
Once the same bound applies, ISCSI_OP_SCSI_CMD_RSP is handled exactly like those responses: bound the data segment, receive it into conn->data when present, and otherwise complete the PDU with no data. Fold the opcode into that case group rather than duplicating the check.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a51812842084fd390590ab8dc0431f10c73ddc56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f94cc9f0e5759252551be3a172960c57f21f54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1a3a51fc5dba0e99532379665069f1700da6b44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c97b5265cc47775f77fd2a23d6bde0426997b233
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/084af0253673425ce2ae62e3c7f74f0dd023711b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72815741715bd41556dac5eeb068bf0f8af06ee7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0aa3e8e2ab4ca92adb28a3ef41873b3363b8676
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1dea15f819cded9b3faf58f8bec72323568b6e6
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