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CVE-2026-72130 in the critical feed json

nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers

published 2mo ago modified 12d ago also EUVD-2026-58888

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers

nvmet_execute_auth_receive() trusts the AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length after checking only that it is nonzero and matches the transfer length. In the SUCCESS1 and FAILURE1/default states, that lets a remote NVMe-oF initiator reach the fixed-size DH-HMAC-CHAP response builders with a kmalloc() buffer shorter than the response, so nvmet_auth_success1() and nvmet_auth_failure1() write past the allocation; both only WARN_ON the short length and then format the message anyway.

Impact: A remote NVMe-oF initiator with access to an auth-enabled target can trigger a 16-byte heap out-of-bounds write via a one-byte AUTH_RECEIVE allocation length.

Compute the minimum response length for the current DH-HMAC-CHAP step in nvmet_auth_receive_data_len() and report a zero data length when the host-supplied allocation length is shorter, so the existing zero-length check in nvmet_execute_auth_receive() rejects the command before any builder runs. The SUCCESS1 minimum is sizeof(struct nvmf_auth_dhchap_success1_data) plus the HMAC hash length, because the response hash is written into the rval[] flexible-array tail, so the minimum is state dependent rather than a flat sizeof. CHALLENGE keeps its existing variable-length guard in nvmet_auth_challenge().

This is reachable only when in-band DH-HMAC-CHAP authentication is configured on the target.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.101, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72130

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-34.34
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1007.8

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72130

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:82860RHSA-2026:80908RHSA-2026:77218RHSA-2026:75560RHSA-2026:63129RHSA-2026:61887

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:63129ALSA-2026:61887

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:63129RLSA-2026:61887

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72130 updated cvss 8.8

kernel: nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) libperf 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91492
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:63129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:80908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) rv 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:77218
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) rv 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, perf 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, rtla 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, python3-perf 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75560
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) rv 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, perf 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, rtla 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, python3-perf 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91492
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:63129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.197.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:80908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) bpftool 7.3.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:77218
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) kernel 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-64k 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-tools 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-modules 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75560
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) kernel 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-64k 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-tools 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-modules 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91492
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:63129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) libperf 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75560
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:63129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82860
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:77218
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75560
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91492
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.44.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:63129
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:61887
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.197.1.rt14.482.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82860
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV E4S (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.154.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:77218
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-kvm 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.108.1.el10_0, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75560
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.152.1.el9_6, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:91492
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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