CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-22992

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's libceph library, an error from ceph_auth_handle_reply_done() is not properly propagated from mon_handle_auth_done(). This causes higher layers to react to authentication issues while msgr2 still tries to proceed with the session in the background, potentially leading to a WARN in setup_crypto() and a NULL pointer dereference in prepare_auth_signature() in secure mode.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential system crashes (kernel panic) or unexpected behavior during failed authentication in a Ceph cluster, which may disrupt services relying on Ceph.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-22992, available from official distribution repositories.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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().

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