{"id":"CVE-2026-89971","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: skip the zoned limits update if the zone info query failed\n\nnvme_query_zone_info() returns either a negative errno or a positive\nNVMe status code, but nvme_update…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: skip the zoned limits update if the zone info query failed\n\nnvme_query_zone_info() returns either a negative errno or a positive\nNVMe status code, but nvme_update…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= c85c9ab926a592e2f59f7d9a6ca7d6562843d8fa < 7fad53ae2052a2b4fc7ca567d6555bdb1176ba35","Linux >= c85c9ab926a592e2f59f7d9a6ca7d6562843d8fa < bb6dafa79040357cf5043836e1db108c2af8b1e1","Linux >= c85c9ab926a592e2f59f7d9a6ca7d6562843d8fa < 3838e80fcfb32e62baffb63c6dc0a60153665a4d","Linux 6.9"],"published":"2026-09-16","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T15:18:21.510","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89971","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3838e80fcfb32e62baffb63c6dc0a60153665a4d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fad53ae2052a2b4fc7ca567d6555bdb1176ba35","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb6dafa79040357cf5043836e1db108c2af8b1e1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T10:53:53.957Z","epss":0.00583,"epssPercentile":0.46324,"slug":"CVE-2026-89971","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: skip the zoned limits update if the zone info query failed\n\nnvme_query_zone_info() returns either a negative errno or a positive\nNVMe status code, but nvme_update_ns_info_block() only tests for the\nnegative case:\n\n\tret = nvme_query_zone_info(ns, lbaf, &zi);\n\tif (ret < 0)\n\t\tgoto out;\n\nIf the device fails the Identify Namespace (I/O Command Set specific)\ncommand, or the Identify Controller command issued by\nnvme_set_max_append(), the positive status falls through and setup\ncontinues with the zero-initialized zone info.  nvme_update_zone_info()\nthen marks the queue zoned with chunk_sectors and ns->head->zsze set to\nzero.\n\nblk_validate_zoned_limits() does not check chunk_sectors, so the limits\ncommit succeeds.  blk_revalidate_disk_zones() does reject the zero zone\nsize, but by then the limits are live and nothing rolls them back, so\nI/O keeps being submitted to a zoned queue with a zero zone size and\ndisk_zone_no() shifts by ilog2(0):\n\n  nvme0n1: Invalid non power of two zone size (0)\n  UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in include/linux/blkdev.h:747:16\n  shift exponent -1 is negative\n   disk_zone_no include/linux/blkdev.h:747 [inline]\n   bio_straddles_zones include/linux/blkdev.h:1058 [inline]\n   blk_zone_wplug_handle_write block/blk-zoned.c:1423 [inline]\n   blk_zone_plug_bio.cold+0x25/0x1c8 block/blk-zoned.c:1605\n   blk_mq_submit_bio+0x18fb/0x2870 block/blk-mq.c:3196\n   submit_bh_wbc+0x575/0x740 fs/buffer.c:2824\n   __block_write_full_folio+0x728/0xdd0 fs/buffer.c:1933\n\nAny device, firmware or NVMe-oF target that fails this one command\nreaches this.\n\nSkip the zoned limits update in that case, and log which of the two\nthings happened: during a revalidation the queue keeps the zone\ngeometry it was last validated with, and on a first scan the namespace\nis registered without zoned limits, so that it is still available as a\nhandle for admin commands.  Neither of the paths in\nnvme_query_zone_info() that return a positive status logs anything, so\nthe failure would otherwise be silent.\n\nzi.zone_size is an exact indicator: every path that returns a positive\nstatus returns before it is assigned, and after that the only failure\nleft is -ENODEV, which the caller already handles.\n\nFound by FuzzNvme.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":205067,"id":"CVE-2026-89971","ts":1789570705027,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"},{"seq":205066,"id":"CVE-2026-89971","ts":1789570705027,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}