CVE-2026-68156 PUBLISHED

libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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

libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update

ceph_x_create_authorizer() caches au->buf->vec.iov_base and au->buf->vec.iov_len in struct ceph_auth_handshake. These cached values are then used by the messenger connect code when sending the authorizer.

ceph_x_update_authorizer() can rebuild the authorizer when a newer service ticket is available. If the rebuilt authorizer no longer fits in the existing buffer, ceph_x_build_authorizer() drops its reference to au->buf and allocates a new one. If this is the final reference, ceph_buffer_put() frees the old ceph_buffer and its vec.iov_base, but auth->authorizer_buf still points at that freed memory.

A subsequent msgr1 reconnect can therefore queue the stale pointer and trigger a KASAN slab-use-after-free in _copy_from_iter() while tcp_sendmsg() copies the authorizer.

Refresh auth->authorizer_buf and auth->authorizer_buf_len after a successful authorizer rebuild so the messenger sends the current buffer.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0bed9b5c523d577378b6f83eab5835fe30c27208 to 9d37aec9ffe4e743dabc3f84502e9723e17a30d4 (excl.)
  • affected from 0bed9b5c523d577378b6f83eab5835fe30c27208 to 75e82e8944ac1efe9fdb88bd2f14d9a031282bdf (excl.)
  • affected from 0bed9b5c523d577378b6f83eab5835fe30c27208 to 0060ec912292a550198d8d18ac95b433c92a7091 (excl.)
  • affected from 0bed9b5c523d577378b6f83eab5835fe30c27208 to 5ecfcd5c05866f185357700b81b461dae4f5ebb2 (excl.)
  • affected from 0bed9b5c523d577378b6f83eab5835fe30c27208 to 937d61f86d377a3aa578adae7a3dfcecdddf9d89 (excl.)
  • Version 29c65a277a64645af853e8c9a9b3dda0ddc421e0 is affected
  • Version d2c7223497cf8228416c70e3f4238ddd6c5bdf3c is affected
  • affected from 3.4.50 to 3.5 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.9.7 to 3.10 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.10 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.148 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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