CVE-2026-99153

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libiscsi: Validate the ITT reflected in a Reject PDU A Reject PDU carries a copy of the header it rejects, and iscsi_handle_reject() takes the ITT out of that copy to find the task to clean up: memcpy(&rejected_pdu, data, sizeof(struct iscsi_hdr)); ... task = iscsi_itt_to_task(conn, rejected_pdu.itt); That value is whatever the target put there. iscsi_itt_to_task() bounds the index against cmds_max and checks nothing else, so any task in the pool can be named, and iscsi_nop_out_rsp() then completes it. An index that has never been used gives a NULL task->conn: the pool is zeroed at session setup and conn is assigned only when a task is allocated. If the task was used and returned, iscsi_complete_task() hits its WARN_ON_ONCE(task->state == ISCSI_TASK_FREE) and the refcount underflows. An in-flight SCSI command is completed as successful - a 1 MiB read returned 1048576 with none of its buffer written and no warning. Validate the reflected ITT the way iscsi_itt_to_ctask() validates a command ITT, and require the task to be in flight and not a SCSI command. [ 6.248477] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000c: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 6.249357] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000060-0x0000000000000067] [ 6.249951] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-ISCSI1-gf5098b6bae76 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 6.250718] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 6.251616] RIP: 0010:iscsi_nop_out_rsp.constprop.0+0x46/0x160 [ 6.252043] Code: c1 ea 03 48 83 ec 08 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 f5 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8b 6b 58 48 8d 7d 60 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 c0 00 00 00 48 8b 45 60 48 39 c3 74 50 48 b8 00 [ 6.252813] RSP: 0018:ffff88806c907b80 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 6.253042] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88800607e000 RCX: ffffffff8d571a25 [ 6.253345] RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: ffff88806c907c38 RDI: 0000000000000060 [ 6.253642] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff235a504 [ 6.253947] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 7463656e6e6f6320 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 6.254251] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88806c907c38 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 6.254549] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d95bc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6.254887] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6.255140] CR2: 00007fc393e8ffc0 CR3: 0000000005252006 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 6.255439] PKRU: 55555554 [ 6.255564] Call Trace: [ 6.255674] <IRQ> [ 6.255768] __iscsi_complete_pdu+0x18bf/0x22a0 [ 6.256733] iscsi_complete_pdu+0x54/0xa0 [ 6.256905] iscsi_tcp_data_recv_done+0xf4/0x250 [ 6.257103] iscsi_tcp_recv_skb+0x31e/0xec0 [ 6.257680] iscsi_sw_tcp_recv+0x12f/0x390 [ 6.258061] __tcp_read_sock+0x1ab/0x810 [ 6.258853] iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready+0x18b/0x510 [ 6.259808] tcp_data_queue+0x1f13/0x4cd0 [ 6.260567] tcp_rcv_established+0x8a5/0x3a00 [ 6.261931] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x449/0x960 [ 6.262269] tcp_v4_rcv+0x2245/0x3bc0

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2026-09-25 10:25 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2. 2026-10-28 11:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
3. 2026-10-31 13:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2026-10-28 11:17 UTC

Last modified

2026-10-31 13:17 UTC

Exploit probability

0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Received

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High