# CVE-2026-43055: scsi: target: file: Use kzalloc\_flex for aio\_cmd

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.22, 6.19.12
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7, fixed in ce54802fe6bb78eb0feffc66fed6a45d41ffc3ab; from 732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7, fixed in 4eaff1728d0e69b95933412241bbccf4f797dba8; from 732f25a2895a8c1c54fb56544f0b1e23770ef4d7, fixed in 01f784fc9d0ab2a6dac45ee443620e517cb2a19b
- Linux: 6.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.16.0, fixed in 6.18.22; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: file: Use kzalloc_flex for aio_cmd The target_core_file doesn't initialize the aio_cmd->iocb for the ki_write_stream. When a write command fd_execute_rw_aio() is executed, we may get a bogus ki_write_stream value, causing unintended write failure status when checking iocb->ki_write_stream > max_write_streams in the block device. Let's just use kzalloc_flex when allocating the aio_cmd and let ki_write_stream=0 to fix this issue.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce54802fe6bb78eb0feffc66fed6a45d41ffc3ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eaff1728d0e69b95933412241bbccf4f797dba8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f784fc9d0ab2a6dac45ee443620e517cb2a19b

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