Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags In nvme_alloc_admin_tags, the admin_q can be set to an error (typically -ENOMEM) if the blk_mq_init_queue call fails to set up the queue, which is checked immediately after the call. However, when we return the error message up the stack, to nvme_reset_work the error takes us to nvme_remove_dead_ctrl() nvme_dev_disable() nvme_suspend_queue(&dev->queues[0]). Here, we only check that the admin_q is non-NULL, rather than not an error or NULL, and begin quiescing a queue that never existed, leading to bad / NULL pointer dereference.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
19.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel
3.19.0 - 4.9.318linux
linux/Kernel
4.10.0 - 4.14.283linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.247linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.198linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.46linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.17.14linux
linux/Kernel
5.18.0 - 5.18.3linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.121linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.19
Linux/Linux
3.19
... and 19 more
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026