CVE-2026-80821In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet: pci-epf: put CQ ref on create_cq mapping failure
nvmet_pci_epf_create_cq() calls nvmet_cq_create(), which takes a
reference on the controller and installs the completion queue. If the
subsequent PCI address-space mapping fails or returns a too-small partial
mapping, the function jumps to err_internal / err_unmap_queue without
calling nvmet_cq_put(). The matching put in nvmet_pci_epf_delete_cq() is
gated on NVMET_PCI_EPF_Q_LIVE, which is only set after the mapping
succeeds, so teardown never releases these references. A remote PCI host
that drives Create IO CQ commands with a failing PRP1/pci_addr therefore
leaks the CQ and a controller reference on each attempt.
Drop the CQ reference on the mapping-failure paths. The err_internal and
err_unmap_queue labels are only reachable after nvmet_cq_create() has
succeeded, so this pairs the create/put correctly.