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High [CVE-2026-74557] Fix stale-data leak into the SCSI sense buffer

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-74557.

CVE-2026-74557 Published Aug 15, 2026Updated by vendor Aug 15, 2026
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: libiscsi: Fix stale-data leak into the SCSI sense buffer iscsi_scsi_cmd_rsp() copies the sense data of a SCSI Response from the target-supplied data segment.

The segment carries a 2-byte sense length followed by the sense bytes, so it must hold 2 + senselen bytes, but the bounds check only requires datalen >= senselen: senselen = get_unaligned_be16(data); if (datalen sense_buffer, data + 2, min_t(uint16_t, senselen, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE)); A target that returns a SCSI Response whose datalen equals senselen (with senselen data contents and end up in the command's sense buffer, which is returned to userspace.

An incorrect bounds check in the `iscsi_scsi_cmd_rsp()` function allows a malicious iSCSI target to craft a SCSI Response. This can lead to a read beyond the intended buffer, causing stale connection data to be copied into the SCSI sense buffer and subsequently returned to userspace, potentially disclosing sensitive information.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-125.

Affected versions

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Mitigation

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