nvmet: always initialize cqe.result
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: always initialize cqe.result The spec doesn't mandate that the first two double words (aka results) for the command queue entry need to be set to 0 when they are not used (not specified). Though, the target implemention returns 0 for TCP and FC but not for RDMA. Let's make RDMA behave the same and thus explicitly initializing the result field. This prevents leaking any data from the stack.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-41079
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 04:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: always initialize cqe.result The spec doesn't mandate that the first two double words (aka results) for the command queue entry need to be set to 0 when they are not used (not specified). Though, the target implemention returns 0 for TCP and FC but not for RDMA. Let's make RDMA behave the same and thus explicitly initializing the result field. This prevents leaking any data from the stack.
osv:CVE-2024-41079
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.209, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
Complete source record
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