Critical severity · published May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43407
libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
9.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
This patch fixes an out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
that can be triggered by a message of type CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY. In
ceph_handle_auth_reply(), the value of the payload_len field of such a
message is stored in a variable of type int. A value greater than
INT_MAX leads to an integer overflow and is interpreted as a negative
value. This leads to decrementing the pointer address by this value and
subsequently accessing it because ceph_decode_need() only checks that
the memory access does not exceed the end address of the allocation.
This patch fixes the issue by changing the data type of payload_len to
u32. Additionally, the data type of result_msg_len is changed to u32,
as it is also a variable holding a non-negative length.
Also, an additional layer of sanity checks is introduced, ensuring that
directly after reading it from the message, payload_len and
result_msg_len are not greater than the overall segment length.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811404df14 by task kworker/20:1/262
CPU: 20 UID: 0 PID: 262 Comm: kworker/20:1 Not tainted 6.19.2 #5 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: ceph-msgr ceph_con_workfn [libceph]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
print_report+0xd1/0x620
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x72/0x210
kasan_report+0xe7/0x130
? ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
? ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
__asan_report_load_n_noabort+0xf/0x20
ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
mon_dispatch+0x973/0x23d0 [libceph]
? apparmor_socket_recvmsg+0x6b/0xa0
? __pfx_mon_dispatch+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30i
? mutex_unlock+0x7f/0xd0
? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_do_recvmsg+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
ceph_con_process_message+0x1f1/0x650 [libceph]
process_message+0x1e/0x450 [libceph]
ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x2e48/0x6c80 [libceph]
? __pfx_ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
? save_fpregs_to_fpstate+0xb0/0x230
? raw_spin_rq_unlock+0x17/0xa0
? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x13b/0x760
? __switch_to+0x385/0xda0
? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
? mutex_lock+0x8d/0xe0
? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
ceph_con_workfn+0x248/0x10c0 [libceph]
process_one_work+0x629/0xf80
? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
worker_thread+0x87f/0x1570
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_try_to_wake_up+0x10/0x10
? kasan_print_address_stack_frame+0x1f7/0x280
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x396/0x830
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
? recalc_sigpending+0x180/0x210
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x3f7/0x610
? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
? __switch_to+0x385/0xda0
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
[ idryomov: replace if statements with ceph_decode_need() for
payload_len and result_msg_len ]
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.34.1 before 5.10.253; 5.11 before 5.15.203; 5.16 before 6.1.167; 6.2 before 6.6.130; 6.7 before 6.12.78; 6.13 before 6.18.19; +11 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before ea080b21092590122c3f971cf588932cdbf47847; 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before edc678e5cd11730a2834b43071d8923f05bc334d; 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before 6cee34d6669fe176b4259131adb1a145c939b472; 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before 8bb87547e92dcf0928ed763c60e0ac8d733c3656; 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before ed024d2f4c79c0eb2464df0fb640610ac301f9a0; 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc before f9da5c1bbac5c8e33259fe00ed7347438fffa969; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43407
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43407
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cee34d6669fe176b4259131adb1a145c939b472
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb87547e92dcf0928ed763c60e0ac8d733c3656
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f9e2297f45fc2d2524eb104c289d69ddef95665
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b282c43ed156ae15ea76748fc15cd5c39dc9ab72
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea080b21092590122c3f971cf588932cdbf47847
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed024d2f4c79c0eb2464df0fb640610ac301f9a0
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