FKIE_CVE-2026-90414

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-17 17:17 - Updated: 2026-10-19 09:19
Severity
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/isert: reject PDUs declaring more data than was received isert_recv_done() hands each received PDU to the opcode handlers without ever looking at wc->byte_len, the number of bytes the HCA actually placed in the receive descriptor. The handlers then copy that many bytes - the data-segment length the initiator declared in the BHS (ntoh24(hdr->dlength), via the derived unsol_data_len / imm_data_len) - out of the fixed-size descriptor: isert_handle_iscsi_dataout(): sg_copy_from_buffer(sg_start, sg_nents, isert_get_data(rx_desc), unsol_data_len); isert_handle_scsi_cmd(): sg_copy_from_buffer(cmd->se_cmd.t_data_sg, sg_nents, isert_get_data(rx_desc), imm_data_len); Because the declared length is never checked against wc->byte_len, an initiator can declare a data segment larger than the bytes it actually sent (and larger than the descriptor) and cause an out-of-bounds read of the receive buffer. Nothing upstream of isert closes this door: - __iscsit_check_dataout_hdr() bounds the inbound payload against conn_ops->MaxXmitDataSegmentLength (MXDSL) - a transmit parameter, used here for the inbound check. - iscsi_set_connection_parameters() sets ops->MaxXmitDataSegmentLength = ops->TargetRecvDataSegmentLength; and TARGETRECVDATASEGMENTLENGTH is absent from the min()-clamp list in iscsi_check_acceptor_state(), so the value the initiator declares is adopted verbatim (type range 512..16777215). The initiator effectively raises its own ceiling. - isert never clamps the negotiated value to its own fixed receive descriptor (ISER_RX_SIZE, 9216 bytes), so the target core's bound and the descriptor size are unrelated. The imm_data_len == data_len path is more than an over-read: it aliases the receive descriptor via sg_set_buf() and passes it to the backend as the data source for the SCSI WRITE, so an over-declared length causes heap contents past the descriptor to be written through the backend to the backing store. The backend is the victim of the oversized scatterlist isert hands it, not the cause; no read-back of the written bytes was demonstrated. Trigger: after login completes (full feature phase), an initiator that has declared a large TargetRecvDataSegmentLength and a FirstBurstLength that permits unsolicited/immediate data sends a PDU whose declared data-segment length exceeds what was received. With KASAN: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0 Read of size 4096 at addr ffff888109720800 by task kworker/1:0H/25 Workqueue: ib-comp-wq ib_cq_poll_work Call Trace: sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0 isert_recv_done+0xba6/0x2390 __ib_process_cq+0xe1/0x390 ib_cq_poll_work+0x46/0x150 isert_recv_done+0xba6 resolves to isert_handle_iscsi_dataout() (ib_isert.c:1160), inlined through isert_rx_opcode(). Validate wc->byte_len against the framing in isert_recv_done() before the PDU reaches any handler, and reinstate the connection if it is short. Because the test compares without subtracting the header length, it also rejects PDUs shorter than the iSER and iSCSI headers, which would otherwise be parsed out of stale descriptor contents. The login handler rejects PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN (commit 29e7b925ae6d ("IB/isert: Reject login PDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN")) but does not bound the declared length either; that is fixed in the next patch. The data handlers had no length check at all. isert reads the data segment from a fixed offset: isert_get_data() returns the iSER header plus ISER_HEADERS_LEN and makes no adjustment for an AHS. The bytes the handlers touch are therefore exactly [ISER_HEADERS_LEN, ISER_HEADERS_LEN + dlength), and comparing that sum against wc->byte_len bounds precisely the region that is read. An AHS term would only make the test stricter without bounding anything furth ---truncated---
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/274b1ad7e78338710864c4b4235bb1ce7e7107f9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6b8f88fb7ee51714a1922a039225bdcaf12855
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352dc85324b29f5c85876f2666f3158b645e3f18
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39da0b7e1f530347d284cebcfc5b5afa90a173bf
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/957f92ea4022fb6af4618271615a2a21a7b5bef9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4706722ed3ea72882b3c986a19b4a1ba66384c4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc58e9d3dc560220c57b8bdfc12af0cff1c8a43d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf36fa5357a2fb25776a568d13a3653da7d99bcb
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nIB/isert: reject PDUs declaring more data than was received\n\nisert_recv_done() hands each received PDU to the opcode handlers without\never looking at wc-\u003ebyte_len, the number of bytes the HCA actually placed\nin the receive descriptor. The handlers then copy that many bytes - the\ndata-segment length the initiator declared in the BHS\n(ntoh24(hdr-\u003edlength), via the derived unsol_data_len / imm_data_len) -\nout of the fixed-size descriptor:\n\n  isert_handle_iscsi_dataout():\n        sg_copy_from_buffer(sg_start, sg_nents, isert_get_data(rx_desc),\n                            unsol_data_len);\n  isert_handle_scsi_cmd():\n        sg_copy_from_buffer(cmd-\u003ese_cmd.t_data_sg, sg_nents,\n                            isert_get_data(rx_desc), imm_data_len);\n\nBecause the declared length is never checked against wc-\u003ebyte_len, an\ninitiator can declare a data segment larger than the bytes it actually\nsent (and larger than the descriptor) and cause an out-of-bounds read of\nthe receive buffer.\n\nNothing upstream of isert closes this door:\n\n  - __iscsit_check_dataout_hdr() bounds the inbound payload against\n    conn_ops-\u003eMaxXmitDataSegmentLength (MXDSL) - a transmit parameter,\n    used here for the inbound check.\n  - iscsi_set_connection_parameters() sets\n    ops-\u003eMaxXmitDataSegmentLength = ops-\u003eTargetRecvDataSegmentLength;\n    and TARGETRECVDATASEGMENTLENGTH is absent from the min()-clamp list in\n    iscsi_check_acceptor_state(), so the value the initiator declares is\n    adopted verbatim (type range 512..16777215). The initiator effectively\n    raises its own ceiling.\n  - isert never clamps the negotiated value to its own fixed receive\n    descriptor (ISER_RX_SIZE, 9216 bytes), so the target core\u0027s bound and\n    the descriptor size are unrelated.\n\nThe imm_data_len == data_len path is more than an over-read: it aliases\nthe receive descriptor via sg_set_buf() and passes it to the backend as\nthe data source for the SCSI WRITE, so an over-declared length causes heap\ncontents past the descriptor to be written through the backend to the\nbacking store. The backend is the victim of the oversized scatterlist\nisert hands it, not the cause; no read-back of the written bytes was\ndemonstrated.\n\nTrigger: after login completes (full feature phase), an initiator that has\ndeclared a large TargetRecvDataSegmentLength and a FirstBurstLength that\npermits unsolicited/immediate data sends a PDU whose declared data-segment\nlength exceeds what was received. With KASAN:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0\n  Read of size 4096 at addr ffff888109720800 by task kworker/1:0H/25\n  Workqueue: ib-comp-wq ib_cq_poll_work\n  Call Trace:\n   sg_copy_buffer+0x150/0x1c0\n   isert_recv_done+0xba6/0x2390\n   __ib_process_cq+0xe1/0x390\n   ib_cq_poll_work+0x46/0x150\n\nisert_recv_done+0xba6 resolves to isert_handle_iscsi_dataout()\n(ib_isert.c:1160), inlined through isert_rx_opcode().\n\nValidate wc-\u003ebyte_len against the framing in isert_recv_done() before the\nPDU reaches any handler, and reinstate the connection if it is short.\nBecause the test compares without subtracting the header length, it also\nrejects PDUs shorter than the iSER and iSCSI headers, which would otherwise\nbe parsed out of stale descriptor contents. The login handler rejects PDUs\nshorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN (commit 29e7b925ae6d (\"IB/isert: Reject login\nPDUs shorter than ISER_HEADERS_LEN\")) but does not bound the declared\nlength either; that is fixed in the next patch. The data handlers had no\nlength check at all.\n\nisert reads the data segment from a fixed offset: isert_get_data()\nreturns the iSER header plus ISER_HEADERS_LEN and makes no adjustment for\nan AHS.  The bytes the handlers touch are therefore exactly\n[ISER_HEADERS_LEN, ISER_HEADERS_LEN + dlength), and comparing that sum\nagainst wc-\u003ebyte_len bounds precisely the region that is read.  An AHS\nterm would only make the test stricter without bounding anything furth\n---truncated---"
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  "id": "CVE-2026-90414",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:35.647",
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 9.1,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "impactScore": 5.2,
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        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:43.923",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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