CriticalFix available
nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling Validate the request in nvme_tcp_handle_r2t() to ensure it's not part of any list, otherwise a malicious R2T PDU might inject a loop in request list processing.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.36, 6.15.5, 6.6.160
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38264
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 01:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling Validate the request in nvme_tcp_handle_r2t() to ensure it's not part of any list, otherwise a malicious R2T PDU might inject a loop in request list processing.
osv:CVE-2025-38264
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.160, 6.12.36, 6.15.5
Complete source record
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