title: Kernel: null pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete
description: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NVMe driver. This issue may allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to send a set of crafted TCP packages when using NVMe over TCP, leading the NVMe driver to a NULL pointer dereference in the NVMe driver, causing kernel panic and a denial of service.
problem types: NULL Pointer Dereference
affected:
{
product: kernel
vendor: n/a
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel-rt
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::hypervisor]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:5.14.0-362.24.1.el9_3, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::realtime, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::nfv]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::baseos, cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel-rt
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::realtime, cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
versions:
version: 0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, lessThan: *, versionType: rpm, status: unaffected
cpe: [cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::hypervisor]
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: unaffected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: unaffected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel-rt
defaultStatus: unaffected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: kernel-rt
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
}
{
product: Fedora
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: kernel
defaultStatus: affected
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'value': 'Moderate', 'namespace': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/'}
type: Red Hat severity rating
]
workarounds: To mitigate this issue, prevent module nvmet-tcp from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.