CVE-2026-68433 PUBLISHED

libceph: bound get_version reply decode to front len

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 12.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 513a8243d67f8e8d27f2883bd2f18bc87c7ca376 to 340e0386aa39da181015bee38f309018c335ce16 (excl.)
  • affected from 513a8243d67f8e8d27f2883bd2f18bc87c7ca376 to d60de8253c85a02d0e6194b0735e7a562981a04c (excl.)
  • affected from 513a8243d67f8e8d27f2883bd2f18bc87c7ca376 to 4e7ebfaa0d14cf50e44041bfde38070d6dbc019f (excl.)
  • affected from 513a8243d67f8e8d27f2883bd2f18bc87c7ca376 to 0d934c934ec746d53fc7e4f53239792647bbae63 (excl.)
  • affected from 513a8243d67f8e8d27f2883bd2f18bc87c7ca376 to d3c32939fa0e3ee9b883b9a0fd1972c5c444e3d0 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.16 (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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