CVE-2026-80561

libceph: fix multiple unsafe decodes in decode_locker()

State
Published
Severity
9.8 Critical
Published
Aug 26, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Aug 26, 2026

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Description

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

libceph: fix multiple unsafe decodes in decode_locker()

decode_locker() in cls_lock_client.c contains three unsafe decode operations that allow a malicious or compromised OSD to trigger slab-out-of-bounds reads:

1. ceph_decode_copy() at the locker_id_t name field has no preceding bounds check. With p == end after ceph_start_decoding() accepts struct_len=0, this reads sizeof(ceph_entity_name) = 9 bytes past the validated buffer boundary.

2. *p += sizeof(struct ceph_timespec) after the locker_info_t header is an unchecked pointer advance. A malicious OSD can position p past end, causing all subsequent _safe checks to pass against a bogus boundary.

3. len = ceph_decode_32(p) has no preceding bounds check, and the immediately following *p += len is uncapped. A malicious OSD can send len=0xffffffff, advancing p gigabytes past end and escaping the decode window entirely.

Fix all three by replacing bare operations with their safe variants: ceph_decode_copy -> ceph_decode_copy_safe *p += sizeof(...) -> ceph_decode_skip_n ceph_decode_32(p) -> ceph_decode_32_safe *p += len -> ceph_decode_skip_n

A new label is added to return -EINVAL on any bounds violation. -EINVAL is appropriate here: the data received from the OSD is structurally malformed, which is an invalid argument to the decode contract regardless of whether the caller or the wire is at fault.

Attacker model: a malicious or compromised OSD in a multi-tenant Ceph deployment can trigger this against any kernel client that issues the lock.get_info class method (e.g. during RBD exclusive lock acquisition) without any further privileges beyond OSD session establishment.

[ idryomov: use ceph_decode_skip_string() to skip description, trim changelog ]

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before 1ed45c8d96498725eb54f740172f9068d8673906Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before 6265103e78f0ee7e2518de9cf938b94bee9700a0Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before 3c3716dc06a34e4ca7f743f5fcfa07fbc5a11070Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before fa4aa86fff0c56799c2e3f51a88879053285f4a9Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before dbfd83f722a78446ec18a476ef7a38e52240b50aAffected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before d1bba38574d095f191557d397d9633f08cd966b1Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before 51c8d238fe7236de627ab1a1433694552a904136Affected
  • d4ed4a530562881cc5225050e42d96034f405aae to before 437b6551cfcc235eea1d735a874f9d421f555e17Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.9Affected
  • before 4.9Not affected
  • 5.10.266 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.217 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.184 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.153 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.105 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.46 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.10 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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