CVE-2026-46024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Prevent potential null-ptr-deref in ceph_handle_auth_reply() If a message of type CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY contains a zero value for both protocol and result, this is currently not…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Prevent potential null-ptr-deref in ceph_handle_auth_reply() If a message of type CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY contains a zero value for both protocol and result, this is currently not treated as an error. In case of ac->negotiating == true and ac->protocol > 0, this leads to setting ac->protocol = 0 and ac->ops = NULL. Thereafter, the check for ac->protocol != protocol returns false, and init_protocol() is not called. Subsequently, ac->ops->handle_reply() is called, which leads to a null pointer dereference, because ac->ops is still NULL. This patch changes the check for ac->protocol != protocol to !ac->protocol, as this also includes the case when the protocol was set to zero in the message. This causes the message to be treated as containing a bad auth protocol.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/016bc663657366d386993f63eb31072eb45a2b77Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2738b93edad661178340239de657d876b73d3dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5199c125d25aeae8615c4fc31652cc0fe624338ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f2be7285941a33a9f72579a23b96392f83c758ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927e4bd5692f2a4901808822981fb2c8d4456548Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ded62c302c0342efdb5eda3bf6e75720caad0dfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f101271fcf55d7eacfefd610b51ec65f46ba8118Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.