---
id: CVE-2026-43407
title: 'libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()

  This patch fixes an out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
  that can be triggered by a…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    ea080b21092590122c3f971cf588932cdbf47847
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    edc678e5cd11730a2834b43071d8923f05bc334d
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    6cee34d6669fe176b4259131adb1a145c939b472
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    8bb87547e92dcf0928ed763c60e0ac8d733c3656
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    ed024d2f4c79c0eb2464df0fb640610ac301f9a0
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    f9da5c1bbac5c8e33259fe00ed7347438fffa969
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    9f9e2297f45fc2d2524eb104c289d69ddef95665
  - >-
    Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc <
    b282c43ed156ae15ea76748fc15cd5c39dc9ab72
  - Linux 2.6.34
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-16T15:17:11.997253Z'
published: '2026-05-08'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T15:20:41.235Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43407'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea080b21092590122c3f971cf588932cdbf47847'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edc678e5cd11730a2834b43071d8923f05bc334d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cee34d6669fe176b4259131adb1a145c939b472'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb87547e92dcf0928ed763c60e0ac8d733c3656'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed024d2f4c79c0eb2464df0fb640610ac301f9a0'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9da5c1bbac5c8e33259fe00ed7347438fffa969'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f9e2297f45fc2d2524eb104c289d69ddef95665'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b282c43ed156ae15ea76748fc15cd5c39dc9ab72'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00537
epssPercentile: 0.44003
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T17:24:46.695Z'
---

## Overview

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

libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()

This patch fixes an out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply()
that can be triggered by a message of type CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY. In
ceph_handle_auth_reply(), the value of the payload_len field of such a
message is stored in a variable of type int. A value greater than
INT_MAX leads to an integer overflow and is interpreted as a negative
value. This leads to decrementing the pointer address by this value and
subsequently accessing it because ceph_decode_need() only checks that
the memory access does not exceed the end address of the allocation.

This patch fixes the issue by changing the data type of payload_len to
u32. Additionally, the data type of result_msg_len is changed to u32,
as it is also a variable holding a non-negative length.

Also, an additional layer of sanity checks is introduced, ensuring that
directly after reading it from the message, payload_len and
result_msg_len are not greater than the overall segment length.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811404df14 by task kworker/20:1/262

CPU: 20 UID: 0 PID: 262 Comm: kworker/20:1 Not tainted 6.19.2 #5 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Workqueue: ceph-msgr ceph_con_workfn [libceph]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
 print_report+0xd1/0x620
 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
 ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x72/0x210
 kasan_report+0xe7/0x130
 ? ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
 ? ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
 __asan_report_load_n_noabort+0xf/0x20
 ceph_handle_auth_reply+0x642/0x7a0 [libceph]
 mon_dispatch+0x973/0x23d0 [libceph]
 ? apparmor_socket_recvmsg+0x6b/0xa0
 ? __pfx_mon_dispatch+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
 ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30i
 ? mutex_unlock+0x7f/0xd0
 ? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10
 ? __pfx_do_recvmsg+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
 ceph_con_process_message+0x1f1/0x650 [libceph]
 process_message+0x1e/0x450 [libceph]
 ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x2e48/0x6c80 [libceph]
 ? __pfx_ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x10/0x10 [libceph]
 ? save_fpregs_to_fpstate+0xb0/0x230
 ? raw_spin_rq_unlock+0x17/0xa0
 ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x13b/0x760
 ? __switch_to+0x385/0xda0
 ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
 ? mutex_lock+0x8d/0xe0
 ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
 ceph_con_workfn+0x248/0x10c0 [libceph]
 process_one_work+0x629/0xf80
 ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
 worker_thread+0x87f/0x1570
 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
 ? __pfx_try_to_wake_up+0x10/0x10
 ? kasan_print_address_stack_frame+0x1f7/0x280
 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
 kthread+0x396/0x830
 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
 ? recalc_sigpending+0x180/0x210
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x3f7/0x610
 ? __pfx_ret_from_fork+0x10/0x10
 ? __switch_to+0x385/0xda0
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>

[ idryomov: replace if statements with ceph_decode_need() for
  payload_len and result_msg_len ]

## Affected

- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < ea080b21092590122c3f971cf588932cdbf47847`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < edc678e5cd11730a2834b43071d8923f05bc334d`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < 6cee34d6669fe176b4259131adb1a145c939b472`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < 8bb87547e92dcf0928ed763c60e0ac8d733c3656`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < ed024d2f4c79c0eb2464df0fb640610ac301f9a0`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < f9da5c1bbac5c8e33259fe00ed7347438fffa969`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < 9f9e2297f45fc2d2524eb104c289d69ddef95665`
- `Linux >= 4e7a5dcd1bbab6560fbc8ada29a840e7a20ed7bc < b282c43ed156ae15ea76748fc15cd5c39dc9ab72`
- `Linux 2.6.34`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.