# nvmet: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_ns_zns()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90228`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90228`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:07 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: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before 1ce8faf90eb0bf5599b90db38500aefea9426485` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before b873099944dae5702b4b6db6814d1f1e8d4cfb00` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before ff28a93a895912010a7827a0e1445ebe8be53b4d` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before cc29f7082b7ab5e0337f27d1fef16359f05fcffa` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before 1fb1236312ee1a600de6b3ca560f0b3fd5a50471` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before 0b4cf43f9ca7118590a338de900edbd6047cd89f` (git)
  - affected: `aaf2e048af2704da5869f27b508b288f36d5c7b7 to before f594863967d87b7fcbff6e724d51135fd701a13d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 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:** 0.0068, the 52nd percentile, on 13 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 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90228](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90228)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90228](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90228)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ce8faf90eb0bf5599b90db38500aefea9426485>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b873099944dae5702b4b6db6814d1f1e8d4cfb00>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff28a93a895912010a7827a0e1445ebe8be53b4d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc29f7082b7ab5e0337f27d1fef16359f05fcffa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fb1236312ee1a600de6b3ca560f0b3fd5a50471>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4cf43f9ca7118590a338de900edbd6047cd89f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f594863967d87b7fcbff6e724d51135fd701a13d>

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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