CVE-2026-74383

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-pci: fix out-of-bounds access in nvmesetupdescriptor_pools

nvmesetupdescriptorpools() indexes dev->descriptorpools[] using the numanode forwarded from hctx->numanode by its single caller, nvmeinithctxcommon(). On a non-NUMA kernel hctx->numanode is NUMANONODE (-1). Because the parameter was declared 'unsigned', the value becomes UINTMAX and the index walks off the array (sized to nrnodeids), faulting during nvmealloc_ns() and leaving the namespace without a /dev node.

Reproduces on any NVMe controller probed by a CONFIG_NUMA=n kernel:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff889101603d38 RIP: 0010:nvmeinithctxcommon+0x5a/0x190 [nvme] Call Trace: nvmeinithctx+0x10/0x20 [nvme] nvmeallocns+0x9e/0xa10 [nvmecore] nvmescanns+0x301/0x3b0 [nvmecore] nvmescannsasync+0x23/0x30 [nvme_core]

Switch the parameter to int and fall back to node 0 when it is NUMANONODE; node 0 is always present.