# nvmet: avoid recursive nvmet-wq flush in nvmet_ctrl_free

CVE record · `CVE-2026-46304`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-46304`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 8 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 8 Jun 2026, 15:46 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before ae5b0cad163833e10b271e9becc05d81dae56e5f` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before 8d66ba89480ff098a58d79003a505f383aa4e920` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before a696fbbd5240b4ac9b166f7bd4c550882ff543f1` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before 9a4d7222c0955b221e38bb66d10e6bccb672c8a1` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before ee6e20c4bc9eae542a0954a368449532383169d4` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before 781f47d641432c26c19625b2cdd7f40825097592` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before 551f445a56a11a6457550cddcf39c9ebb8bcacc6` (git)
  - affected: `06406d81a2d7cfb8abcc4fa6cdfeb8e5897007c5 to before aade8abd8b868b6ffa9697aadaea28ec7f65bee6` (git)
  - affected: `3976dd677e891c0b2c63d08028d445663539472c` (git)
  - affected: `4.9.68 to before 4.10` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.10`
  - unaffected: `before 4.10` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.258 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.209 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.175 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.140 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.88 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.30 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.0.7 to 7.0.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0035, the 28th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 Jun 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-46304](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46304)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-46304](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46304)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5b0cad163833e10b271e9becc05d81dae56e5f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d66ba89480ff098a58d79003a505f383aa4e920>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a696fbbd5240b4ac9b166f7bd4c550882ff543f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a4d7222c0955b221e38bb66d10e6bccb672c8a1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee6e20c4bc9eae542a0954a368449532383169d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/781f47d641432c26c19625b2cdd7f40825097592>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551f445a56a11a6457550cddcf39c9ebb8bcacc6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aade8abd8b868b6ffa9697aadaea28ec7f65bee6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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