ceph: bound num_export_targets array for mds info v2/v3 (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.51 % · percentile 44 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: bound num_export_targets array for mds info v2/v3 ceph_mdsmap_decode() in fs/ceph/mdsmap.c reads num_export_targets from each per-mds info record and advances the decode cursor by num_export_targets * sizeof(u32) without first checking that many bytes remain. The only upper-bound check that catches a runaway cursor (*p > info_end) is gated on info_v >= 4, because info_end is left NULL for info_v 2 and 3. When the monitor sends an MDS map whose per-mds info version is 2 or 3 with an oversized num_export_targets, the cursor moves past the message front buffer and the later export-targets loop calls the unchecked ceph_decode_32() on out-of-bounds memory. A kernel client processes CEPH_MSG_MDS_MAP from its monitor session (net/ceph/mon_client.c dispatches it; fs/ceph/super.c routes it to ceph_mdsc_handle_mdsmap(), which sets end to the front buffer bound and calls ceph_mdsmap_decode()). A malicious or compromised monitor, or an on-path attacker on an unsigned/unencrypted messenger session, can therefore drive an out-of-bounds read in the client kernel; on x86_64 with KASAN it is reported as a slab-out-of-bounds read in ceph_mdsmap_decode(). The decoded values land in the internal info->export_targets[] array, so the consequence is a kernel out-of-bounds read, not an information leak to the attacker. Impact: a malicious or compromised Ceph monitor sending an MDS map with a per-mds info version of 2 or 3 and an oversized num_export_targets field triggers an out-of-bounds read in the CephFS client kernel. Add a ceph_decode_need() for the export-targets array before advancing the cursor, so the bound is enforced for every info_v >= 2, not only info_v >= 4. This mirrors the count-then-need idiom already used for m_data_pg_pools later in the same function. Compute the export-targets byte count with size_mul() and reuse that checked length when advancing the cursor, so the attacker-controlled num_export_targets multiplication fails closed on overflow rather than relying on the later kcalloc() guard.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6eaf7bd229d0940ba8f126c684a663a680abef1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4bcc3ba7291d383b82ce1c2fe324f69a42da2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55a06b32438c222765138727d0a8164b103e8f0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3e1a1cb1634c76d59c5a9cb1a026fc69d40911
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf7dba8dba9a05774b846affec61a3624ddba38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58c2d3e954c13694ef6e820a5e9456461bb9e7df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/332c444f4dc6fa1e8b8637c9e82d29e97f768656
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3eb169ee297aa99670ba927c659990bd1e453f3
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76562
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89650
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < a6eaf7bd229d0940ba8f126c684a663a680abef1 ; affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < 0c4bcc3ba7291d383b82ce1c2fe324f69a42da2d ; affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < 55a06b32438c222765138727d0a8164b103e8f0d ; affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < eb3e1a1cb1634c76d59c5a9cb1a026fc69d40911 ; affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < 3bf7dba8dba9a05774b846affec61a3624ddba38 ; affected d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 < 58c2d3e954c13694ef6e820a5e9456461bb9e7df |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.7 ; unaffected 0 < 4.7 ; unaffected 5.10.273 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |