CVE-2026-99152

HIGH
Published Oct 28, 2026 Modified Oct 31, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libiscsi: Validate the task named by a management response __iscsi_complete_pdu() fetches the task for five response types from one place and checks only that the index resolved: case ISCSI_OP_LOGOUT_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_LOGIN_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_TEXT_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_SCSI_TMFUNC_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_NOOP_IN: task = iscsi_itt_to_task(conn, hdr->itt); if (!task) return ISCSI_ERR_BAD_ITT; iscsi_itt_to_task() bounds the index against cmds_max and looks at nothing else, so a target can name any slot in the pool, including one that has never been used. task->conn is then NULL, and both iscsi_nop_out_rsp() and iscsi_complete_task() dereference it. One unsolicited NOP-In is enough; a Text Response carrying the same ITT crashes in iscsi_complete_task() instead. Require the task to be in flight and not a SCSI command, the way iscsi_itt_to_ctask() does for the command opcodes. [ 6.298634] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000c: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 6.298642] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000060-0x0000000000000067] [ 6.298652] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 111 Comm: iscsistart Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-ISCSI1-gf5098b6bae76 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 6.298654] 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 [ 6.298656] RIP: 0010:iscsi_nop_out_rsp.constprop.0+0x46/0x160 [ 6.298691] 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 [ 6.298698] RSP: 0018:ffff88806c907be8 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 6.298701] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888006116800 RCX: 0000000000000020 [ 6.298702] RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: ffff88800525d578 RDI: 0000000000000060 [ 6.298703] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 6.298706] R10: 0000000000000020 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 6.298706] R13: 000000000000002e R14: ffff8880056eb440 R15: ffff888006116800 [ 6.298707] FS: 00007fc02d1c2740(0000) GS:ffff8880b29bc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6.298710] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6.298711] CR2: 000055fe3b56ddf8 CR3: 00000000053b9004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 6.298712] PKRU: 55555554 [ 6.298713] Call Trace: [ 6.298714] <IRQ> [ 6.298714] __iscsi_complete_pdu+0x13a8/0x22a0 [ 6.298758] iscsi_complete_pdu+0x54/0xa0 [ 6.298759] iscsi_tcp_hdr_recv_done+0x870/0x2c80 [ 6.298778] iscsi_tcp_recv_skb+0x31e/0xec0 [ 6.298800] iscsi_sw_tcp_recv+0x12f/0x390 [ 6.298804] __tcp_read_sock+0x1ab/0x810 [ 6.298812] iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready+0x18b/0x510 [ 6.298814] tcp_rcv_established+0x1f56/0x3a00 [ 6.298842] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x449/0x960 [ 6.298847] tcp_v4_rcv+0x2245/0x3bc0

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0052
Probability of exploitation
0.45%
Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-99152? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libiscsi: Validate the task named by a management response __iscsi_complete_pdu() fetches the task for five response types from one place and checks only that the index resolved: case ISCSI_OP_LOGOUT_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_LOGIN_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_TEXT_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_SCSI_TMFUNC_RSP: case ISCSI_OP_NOOP_IN: task = iscsi_itt_to_task(conn, hdr->itt); if (!task) return ISCSI_ERR_BAD_ITT; iscsi_itt_to_task() bounds the index against cmds_max and looks at nothing else, so a target can name any slot in the pool, including one that has never been used. task->conn is then NULL, and both iscsi_nop_out_rsp() and iscsi_complete_task() dereference it. One unsolicited NOP-In is enough; a Text Response carrying the same ITT crashes in iscsi_complete_task() instead. Require the task to be in flight and not a SCSI command, the way iscsi_itt_to_ctask() does for the command opcodes. [ 6.298634] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000c: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI [ 6.298642] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000060-0x0000000000000067] [ 6.298652] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 111 Comm: iscsistart Not tainted 7.2.0-rc5-ISCSI1-gf5098b6bae76 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [ 6.298654] 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 [ 6.298656] RIP: 0010:iscsi_nop_out_rsp.constprop.0+0x46/0x160 [ 6.298691] 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 [ 6.298698] RSP: 0018:ffff88806c907be8 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 6.298701] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888006116800 RCX: 0000000000000020 [ 6.298702] RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: ffff88800525d578 RDI: 0000000000000060 [ 6.298703] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 6.298706] R10: 0000000000000020 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 6.298706] R13: 000000000000002e R14: ffff8880056eb440 R15: ffff888006116800 [ 6.298707] FS: 00007fc02d1c2740(0000) GS:ffff8880b29bc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6.298710] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6.298711] CR2: 000055fe3b56ddf8 CR3: 00000000053b9004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 6.298712] PKRU: 55555554 [ 6.298713] Call Trace: [ 6.298714] <IRQ> [ 6.298714] __iscsi_complete_pdu+0x13a8/0x22a0 [ 6.298758] iscsi_complete_pdu+0x54/0xa0 [ 6.298759] iscsi_tcp_hdr_recv_done+0x870/0x2c80 [ 6.298778] iscsi_tcp_recv_skb+0x31e/0xec0 [ 6.298800] iscsi_sw_tcp_recv+0x12f/0x390 [ 6.298804] __tcp_read_sock+0x1ab/0x810 [ 6.298812] iscsi_sw_tcp_data_ready+0x18b/0x510 [ 6.298814] tcp_rcv_established+0x1f56/0x3a00 [ 6.298842] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x449/0x960 [ 6.298847] tcp_v4_rcv+0x2245/0x3bc0 It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2026-99152? +
CVE-2026-99152 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching. The EPSS score is 0.0052, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.
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