{"id":"CVE-2026-52956","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-52956","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:36.998Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt() In __ceph_x_decrypt(), a part of the buffer p is interpreted as a ceph_x_encrypt_header, and the magic field of this…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlibceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt()\n\nIn __ceph_x_decrypt(), a part of the buffer p is interpreted as a\nceph_x_encrypt_header, and the magic field of this struct is accessed.\nThis happens without any guarantee that the buffer is large enough to\nhold this struct. The function parameter ciphertext_len represents the\nlength of the ciphertext to decrypt and is guaranteed to be at most the\nremaining size of the allocated buffer p. However, this value is not\nnecessarily greater than sizeof(ceph_x_encrypt_header). E.g., a message\nframe of type FRAME_TAG_AUTH_REPLY_MORE, that is just as long to hold\nthe ciphertext at its end with a ciphertext_len of 8 or less, can\ntrigger an out-of-bounds memory access when accessing hdr->magic.\n\nThis patch fixes the issue by adding a check to ensure that the\ndecrypted plaintext in the buffer is large enough to represent at least\nthe ceph_x_encrypt_header.","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-21T13:19:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0063,"percentile":0.49975,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df268406ef38d0f92547959296577c7077dacdc","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759053333a40c6997c2917dcd6160bfe40d2b42e","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821365487aa58d06bda65c676ba215d506ba9768","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7e9b53aebe401970f1b5f5a01b4e021b18e8bb2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebc7eddf6225b87e3aae720875f9dd40cb6b1cef","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52956","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}