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High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-31464

CVE-2026-31464

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: ibmvfc: Fix OOB access in ibmvfc_discover_targets_done()

A malicious or compromised VIO server can return a num_written value in the discover targets MAD response that exceeds max_targets. This value is stored directly in vhost->num_targets without validation, and is then used as the loop bound in ibmvfc_alloc_targets() to index into disc_buf[], which is only allocated for max_targets entries. Indices at or beyond max_targets access kernel memory outside the DMA-coherent allocation. The out-of-bounds data is subsequently embedded in Implicit Logout and PLOGI MADs that are sent back to the VIO server, leaking kernel memory.

Fix by clamping num_written to max_targets before storing it.

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