CVE-2026-68433
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: bound get_version reply decode to front len handle_get_version_reply() uses msg->front_alloc_len as the decode boundary for MON_GET_VERSION_REPLY.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). 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: bound get_version reply decode to front len handle_get_version_reply() uses msg->front_alloc_len as the decode boundary for MON_GET_VERSION_REPLY. That is the size of the reused reply buffer, not the number of bytes actually received. A truncated reply can therefore pass ceph_decode_need() and decode the second u64 from stale tail bytes left in the buffer by an earlier message, causing an uninitialized memory read. Use msg->front.iov_len as the receive-side decode boundary, matching other libceph reply handlers and limiting decoding to the bytes that were actually read from the wire.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.4% since 27 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/0d934c934ec746d53fc7e4f53239792647bbae63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1307028f082756bf453e1889aee9983d30643a4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/340e0386aa39da181015bee38f309018c335ce16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7ebfaa0d14cf50e44041bfde38070d6dbc019f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a35070fcefa229b1b031aa7482ad3788e18f07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3c32939fa0e3ee9b883b9a0fd1972c5c444e3d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d60de8253c85a02d0e6194b0735e7a562981a04c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6cbf6878f3a1503c872ba8f1e69a58ee68d8b2e
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.