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CVE-2026-64534 (GCVE-0-2026-64534)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:42
VLAI
Title
nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in digest error path
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-tcp: check INIT_FAILED before nvmet_req_uninit in digest error path In nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(), when a data digest mismatch is detected, nvmet_req_uninit() is called unconditionally. However, if the command arrived via the nvmet_tcp_handle_req_failure() path, nvmet_req_init() had returned false and percpu_ref_tryget_live() was never executed. The unconditional percpu_ref_put() inside nvmet_req_uninit() then causes a refcount underflow, leading to a WARNING in percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu, a use-after-free diagnostic, and eventually a permanent workqueue deadlock. Check cmd->flags & NVMET_TCP_F_INIT_FAILED before calling nvmet_req_uninit(), matching the existing pattern in nvmet_tcp_execute_request().
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 91edfca6f8b364d60cde3ddefaf7d03ddf35774b , < 22ec7a9fe9153d2737ee9b2fa6d2e43a1491decf (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < ba35b1c674ca3841c0dfadd698f2c1b3ec542d4e (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < c7874dad84b20433c0fe3919f291a762d40de08b (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < e602c93b25bda4a9d0ff1791a4bdbfdcbb074af1 (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < d306da8833e75f669d93424fd84940236f3850bc (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < 2ed3c9d955e8cd6361f130623baa664a75fb345f (git)
Affected: fda871c0ba5d2eed2cd1c881573168129da70058 , < 4606467a75cfc16721937272ed29462a750b60c8 (git)
Affected: 4b17476d809273617d3317fa0d4ae78aa488d760 (git)
Affected: 5.10.20 , < 5.10.261 (semver)
Affected: 5.11.3 , < 5.12 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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