CVE-2026-74386 json
nvmet-tcp: fix page fragment cache leak in error path
published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-59533
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet-tcp: fix page fragment cache leak in error path
In nvmet_tcp_alloc_queue(), when a connection is closed during the allocation process (e.g., nvmet_tcp_set_queue_sock() returns -ENOTCONN), the error handling jumps to out_destroy_sq and then to out_ida_remove without draining the page fragment cache.
Although nvmet_tcp_free_cmd() is called in some error paths to release individual page fragments, the underlying page cache reference held by queue->pf_cache is never released. The first allocation using pf_cache is the call to nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmd() for queue->connect, which happens after ida_alloc() returns successfully. This results in a page leak each time a connection fails during allocation, which could lead to memory exhaustion over time if connections are repeatedly opened and closed.
Fix this by calling page_frag_cache_drain() before freeing the queue structure in the out_ida_remove label.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74386
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74
- linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1008.9
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74386
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1SUSE-SU-2026:4687-1SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aadb8eb9006e192c51b499860f40765de7d55680 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc11e3f0daaadb6e600a86e54b089d4662d0a464 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a43a9abc1ebf663f0aa56a729106f68dd9c77da6 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba3209704b3cd46961e4e081af5c52a780785648 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fbe83a374f09561a0f0c1f4aa021501ffd681eb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dae393956093c807212918fd91a8fc70df15338 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-74386 updated cvss 8.1
kernel: nvmet-tcp: fix page fragment cache leak in error path
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/aadb8eb9006e192c51b499860f40765de7d55680
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fc11e3f0daaadb6e600a86e54b089d4662d0a464
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a43a9abc1ebf663f0aa56a729106f68dd9c77da6
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ba3209704b3cd46961e4e081af5c52a780785648
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5fbe83a374f09561a0f0c1f4aa021501ffd681eb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/4dae393956093c807212918fd91a8fc70df15338
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-74386
- NVD CVE-2026-74386
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