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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-90206",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.793Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-17T16:07:22.173Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:59:42.530Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet: fix max_qid race between configfs and controller allocation\n\nThe function nvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() can race against\nnvmet_alloc_ctrl() when a subsystem's max_qid limit is modified.\n\nSuppose max_qid is currently 64. If nvmet_alloc_ctrl() executes:\nctrl->sqs = kzalloc_objs(struct nvmet_sq *, subsys->max_qid + 1);\nand at this exact point, a userspace process changes max_qid to 128,\nnvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() will set the new max_qid value. It\nattempts to delete active controllers to force a reconnect, but the\nnew controller won't be deleted because it hasn't been added to the\nsubsys->ctrls list yet.\n\nnvmet_alloc_ctrl() then proceeds and adds the new controller to the\nsubsys->ctrls list. Later, when nvmet_install_queue() is called, it\nwill see max_qid set to 128, but the memory allocated for sqs is only\nsized for 64 entries. This results in a KASAN out-of-bounds warning\nand potential memory corruptions.\n\nFix this by protecting the queue allocations and list insertion in\nnvmet_alloc_ctrl() with down_read(&nvmet_config_sem). Because\nnvmet_subsys_attr_qid_max_store() acquires down_write(&nvmet_config_sem)\nto modify the attribute, this safely prevents the configfs writer from\nmodifying max_qid during controller creation.\n\nCopy the max_qid from the subsystem to the controller's structure\nduring the allocation; ctrl->max_qid never changes as long as the\ncontroller remains in LIVE state, so this will prevent similar race\nconditions."
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