CVE-2025-39778
kernel: objtool, nvmet: Fix out-of-bounds stack access in nvmet_ctrl_state_show()
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 18, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
objtool, nvmet: Fix out-of-bounds stack access in nvmet_ctrl_state_show()
The csts_state_names[] array only has six sparse entries, but the iteration code in nvmet_ctrl_state_show() iterates seven, resulting in a potential out-of-bounds stack read. Fix that.
Fixes the following warning with an UBSAN kernel:
vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: .text.nvmet_ctrl_state_show: unexpected end of section
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read