CVE-2026-22992 PUBLISHED

libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.01.2026 Published: 23.01.2026 Updated: 23.01.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()

Currently any error from ceph_auth_handle_reply_done() is propagated via finish_auth() but isn't returned from mon_handle_auth_done(). This results in higher layers learning that (despite the monitor considering us to be successfully authenticated) something went wrong in the authentication phase and reacting accordingly, but msgr2 still trying to proceed with establishing the session in the background. In the case of secure mode this can trigger a WARN in setup_crypto() and later lead to a NULL pointer dereference inside of prepare_auth_signature().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to 77229551f2cf72f3e35636db68e6a825b912cf16 (excl.)
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to 33908769248b38a5e77cf9292817bb28e641992d (excl.)
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to e097cd858196b1914309e7e3d79b4fa79383754d (excl.)
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to d2c4a5f6996683f287f3851ef5412797042de7f1 (excl.)
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to 9e0101e57534ef0e7578dd09608a6106736b82e5 (excl.)
  • affected from cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 to e84b48d31b5008932c0a0902982809fbaa1d3b70 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.198 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.161 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.121 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.66 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.6 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19-rc5 to * (incl.)

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