# CVE-2025-37825: nvmet: fix out-of-bounds access in nvmet\_enable\_port

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix out-of-bounds access in nvmet_enable_port When trying to enable a port that has no transport configured yet, nvmet_enable_port() uses NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX (255) to query the transports array, causing an out-of-bounds access: [ 106.058694] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in nvmet_enable_port+0x42/0x1da [ 106.058719] Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff89dafa58 by task ln/632 [...] [ 106.076026] nvmet: transport type 255 not supported Since commit 200adac75888, NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX is the default state as configured by nvmet_ports_make(). Avoid this by checking for NVMF_TRTYPE_MAX before proceeding.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c00860a37b3fcba8026cb344101f1b8af547cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7aa0c7b4e96cd460826d932e44710cdeb3378b

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