# CVE-2026-98814: nvme: fix command effects log lifetime for multipath heads

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from be93e87e780253780df9bb6ecc9bc1199b0d94c3, fixed in 351d1c47e45b2b35780d0548b1012d7242ba298d; from be93e87e780253780df9bb6ecc9bc1199b0d94c3, fixed in 72ece656abd4de8645a421fb482d7a11e6533a45
- Linux: 5.9
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.9.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: fix command effects log lifetime for multipath heads KASAN reported a use-after-free when an I/O passthrough command was sent through a multipath namespace head after the controller path that first created the head had been removed: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nvme_command_effects+0x192/0x200 [nvme_core] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888141b14400 by task nvme/19811 nvme_command_effects+0x192/0x200 [nvme_core] nvme_cmd_allowed+0x7e/0x1b0 [nvme_core] nvme_user_cmd.constprop.0+0x1b5/0x450 [nvme_core] nvme_ns_head_chr_ioctl+0xf4/0x2a0 [nvme_core] Move the log cache to the subsystem, with one entry per command set. Both controllers and namespace heads hold subsystem references, keeping their log pointers valid until subsystem release.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/351d1c47e45b2b35780d0548b1012d7242ba298d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72ece656abd4de8645a421fb482d7a11e6533a45

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