Remote service interruption via leaked ndev references
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel NVMe target RDMA allows remote attackers to interrupt service via repeated queue connections. The nvmet_rdma_queue_connect() path retains the ndev reference acquired by nvmet_rdma_find_get_device() when the host queue backlog returns NVME_SC_CONNECT_CTRL_BUSY. Reachability requires network access to a configured NVMe target RDMA endpoint and enough queue connections to enter the busy path, causing device references to accumulate and availability to degrade.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel NVMe target RDMA allows remote attackers to interrupt service via repeated queue connections. The nvmet_rdma_queue_connect() path retains the ndev reference acquired by nvmet_rdma_find_get_device() when the host queue backlog returns NVME_SC_CONNECT_CTRL_BUSY. Reachability requires network access to a configured NVMe target RDMA endpoint and enough queue connections to enter the busy path, causing device references to accumulate and availability to degrade.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64321
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=31deaeb11ba7a885116c9c30892b9f763c04d59c <5828517d17eda27f21d29ea14800c9e0a57bad11
- Affected versionversion=31deaeb11ba7a885116c9c30892b9f763c04d59c <a8803c4f0ac3fa7df5551bbb5a8800c434a94357
- Affected versionversion=31deaeb11ba7a885116c9c30892b9f763c04d59c <badc53620fe813b3a9f727ef9526f98567c2c898
- Affected versionversion=31deaeb11ba7a885116c9c30892b9f763c04d59c <d65fe42820b890a6a4644de0a95a812471f79ad3
- Affected versionversion=6.8
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