nvme-tcp: fix usage of page_frag_cache
nvme uses page_frag_cache to preallocate PDU for each preallocated request
of block device. Block devices are created in parallel threads,
consequently page_frag_cache is used in not thread-safe manner.
That leads to incorrect refcounting of backstore pages and premature free.
That can be catched by !sendpage_ok inside network stack:
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 467 at ../net/core/skbuff.c:6931 skb_splice_from_iter+0xfa/0x310.
tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x782/0xce0
tcp_sendmsg+0x27/0x40
sock_sendmsg+0x8b/0xa0
nvme_tcp_try_send_cmd_pdu+0x149/0x2a0
Then random panic may occur.
Fix that by serializing the usage of page_frag_cache.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: fix usage of page_frag_cache nvme uses page_frag_cache to preallocate PDU for each preallocated request of block device. Block devices are created in parallel threads, consequently page_frag_cache is used in not thread-safe manner. That leads to incorrect refcounting of backstore pages and premature free. That can be catched by !sendpage_ok inside network stack: WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 467 at ../net/core/skbuff.c:6931 skb_splice_from_iter+0xfa/0x310. tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x782/0xce0 tcp_sendmsg+0x27/0x40 sock_sendmsg+0x8b/0xa0 nvme_tcp_try_send_cmd_pdu+0x149/0x2a0 Then random panic may occur. Fix that by serializing the usage of page_frag_cache. | |
| Title | nvme-tcp: fix usage of page_frag_cache | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-04T15:55:16.653Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.798Z
Link: CVE-2026-80862
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-04T16:18:15.420
Modified: 2026-09-04T16:18:15.420
Link: CVE-2026-80862
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