Critical 9.8Published Jul 9, 2025

CVE-2025-38264nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-21 23:30 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 21, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 before 8f27d152b2a59f443091cf9e3d815f06e32e9b96; from 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 before 78a4adcd3fedb0728436e8094848ebf4c6bae006; from 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 before f054ea62598197714a6ca7b3b387a027308f8b13; 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 builds before 0bf04c874fcb1ae46a863034296e4b33d8fbd66c	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.0 before 6.12.36; from 6.13 before 6.15.5	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f27d152b2a59f443091cf9e3d815f06e32e9b96
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a4adcd3fedb0728436e8094848ebf4c6bae006patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f054ea62598197714a6ca7b3b387a027308f8b13patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf04c874fcb1ae46a863034296e4b33d8fbd66cpatch

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