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CVE-2026-90228

Updated on 17 Sep 2026

Severity

7.5 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.5
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

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

nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns()

When a host issues an Identify command with CNS 05h (I/O Command Set specific Identify Namespace) and CSI 02h (ZNS) targeting a file-backed namespace, nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns() calls bdev_is_zoned() on req->ns->bdev. A file-backed namespace has no block device, so req->ns->bdev is NULL and bdev_is_zoned() dereferences it, oopsing.

The I/O command set is selected by the host-supplied CSI field and the command is routed here whenever CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is enabled, independent of the namespace backing type, so any file-backed namespace is exposed.

Reject the command with Invalid Field when the namespace is not backed by a block device.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , TuxCare 9.8 ESU
Affected packages:
kernel @ 5.14.0 (+2 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU In Rollout
36 kernels
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els20
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els21
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els14
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els18
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els16
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els17
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els19
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els24
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els25
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els26
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els27
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els28
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els30
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els35
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els34
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els1
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els8
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  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els11
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els12
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els13
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.11.els14
  • 5.14.0-284.1101.el9_2.tuxcare.7.els13
Debian 12 Planned —
Debian 13 Planned —