CVE-2026-52957
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in decode_choose_args() A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains an OSD map that itself contains a CRUSH map.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). 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: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in decode_choose_args() A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains an OSD map that itself contains a CRUSH map. When decoding this CRUSH map in crush_decode(), an array of max_buckets CRUSH buckets is decoded, where some indices may not refer to actual buckets and are therefore set to NULL. The received CRUSH map may optionally contain choose_args that get decoded in decode_choose_args(). When decoding a crush_choose_arg_map, a series of choose_args for different buckets is decoded, with the bucket_index being read from the incoming message. It is only checked that the bucket index does not exceed max_buckets, but not that it doesn't point to an index with a NULL bucket. If a (potentially corrupted) message contains a crush_choose_arg_map including such a bucket_index, a null pointer dereference may occur in the subsequent processing when attempting to access the bucket with the given index. This patch fixes the issue by extending the affected check. Now, it is only attempted to access the bucket if it is not NULL.
- 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
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b0a2ab8c82d0bbdeb8013029c67c978ce6e4bfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301286c0ccd37d66b0e40786fd35a4f19cdbd88aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312ec973efac0efb9b9ed64214235910e9ecbaa8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7169f326a23d0f547fcd90e68b72fd387622e126Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a20e16ebfe2fa65348eb4b2dc7deac330ce03e9cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d55ffad8d422b5d1cc44dad32bd3d25f4471cd9fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7a65a34d2453f8cd3e0cc0e1319740af7e24276Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2f95e6d4b97e70bb876139b0583fc8079983f85Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.