---
id: CVE-2026-97433
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  nvme: validate FDP configuration descriptor sizes

  Validate descriptor sizes while walking the FDP configurations log so
  dsze == 0 or a descriptor past the log end cann…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  nvme: validate FDP configuration descriptor sizes

  Validate descriptor sizes while walking the FDP configurations log so
  dsze == 0 or a descriptor past the log end cann…
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    97efd7a41aac08b43ea2337c5913a2bc75484f9f
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    0ef4daa6534a510d61ea67c8ad9bb5097b0dd5f8
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T13:17:26.930'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97433'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ef4daa6534a510d61ea67c8ad9bb5097b0dd5f8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97efd7a41aac08b43ea2337c5913a2bc75484f9f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97433.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97433'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540457'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97433'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97433'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97433.mbox
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - score-dispute
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T16:47:15.880Z'
epss: 0.00319
epssPercentile: 0.24667
cwe:
  - CWE-125
scores:
  nvd: 8.2
  vendor: 5.5
---

## Overview

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

nvme: validate FDP configuration descriptor sizes

Validate descriptor sizes while walking the FDP configurations log so
dsze == 0 or a descriptor past the log end cannot cause unbounded
iteration or reads past the buffer.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97433.json)