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CVE-2026-74556

CVE-2026-74556 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Reported by Linux · Published August 15, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libiscsi_tcp: Bound SCSI Response data segment to the connection buffer iscsi_tcp_hdr_dissect() receives the data segment of several PDU types into the fixed-size conn->data buffer, which is allocated for ISCSI_DEF_MAX_RECV_SEG_LEN (8192) bytes. For the LOGIN_RSP, TEXT_RSP, REJECT and ASYNC_EVENT opcodes the dissect path already rejects a PDU whose DataSegmentLength exceeds that buffer. The SCSI Command Response (ISCSI_OP_SCSI_CMD_RSP) path also copies its data segment (sense/response data) into conn->data via iscsi_tcp_data_recv_prep(), but it does so without the same check. The only upstream bound on in.datalen is conn->max_recv_dlength, the initiator's advertised MaxRecvDataSegmentLength, which is commonly negotiated well above 8192 (open-iscsi defaults to 262144). A target that returns a SCSI Response with a DataSegmentLength between 8193 and max_recv_dlength therefore overflows the 8192-byte conn->data buffer. Once the same bound applies, ISCSI_OP_SCSI_CMD_RSP is handled exactly like those responses: bound the data segment, receive it into conn->data when present, and otherwise complete the PDU with no data. Fold the opcode into that case group rather than duplicating the check.

EPSS 0.40% · 33.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.40%
33.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinuxa081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff, a081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff, a081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff
LinuxLinux2.6.29, 0, 5.10.265
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.29, 2.6.29, 2.6.29
LinuxLinuxa081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff, a081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff, a081c13e39b5c17052a7b46fafa61019c4c110ff

Timeline

  • Aug 15, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Aug 15, 2026 CVE Published
  • Aug 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 19, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Aug 19, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 26, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Aug 30, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 3, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
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