ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23201
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() This fixes a kernel oops when reading ceph snapshot directories (.snap), for example by simply running `ls /mnt/my_ceph/.snap`. The variable str is guarded by __free(kfree), but advanced by one for skipping the initial '_' in snapshot names. Thus, kfree() is called with an invalid pointer. This patch removes the need for advancing the pointer so kfree() is called with correct memory pointer. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create snapshots on a cephfs volume (I've 63 snaps in my testcase) 2. Add cephfs mount to fstab $ echo "samba-fileserver@.files=/volumes/datapool/stuff/3461082b-ecc9-4e82-8549-3fd2590d3fb6 /mnt/test/stuff ceph acl,noatime,_netdev 0 0" >> /etc/fstab 3. Reboot the system $ systemctl reboot 4. Check if it's really mounted $ mount | grep stuff 5. List snapshots (expected 63 snapshots on my system) $ ls /mnt/test/stuff/.snap Now ls hangs forever and the kernel log shows the oops.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 4b9aee707c4580511983a0998547f3b28514e6a6 < c9a129c82ddf82a50b4f8960d2609714ca2dbd26 ; affected bb80f7618832d26f7e395f52f82b1dac76223e5f < 8c9af7339de419819cfc641d551675d38ff99abf ; affected 101841c38346f4ca41dc1802c867da990ffb32eb < e258ed369c9e04caa7d2fd49785d753ae4034cb6 ; affected 101841c38346f4ca41dc1802c867da990ffb32eb < bc8dedae022ce3058659c3addef3ec4b41d15e00 ; affected 3145b2b11492d61c512bbc59660bb823bc757f48 ; affected 493479af8af3ab907f49e99323777d498a4fbd2b
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.17 ; unaffected 0 < 6.17 ; unaffected 6.12.70 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.10 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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