CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-52954

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.53%

41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's libceph, the decode_choose_args() function lacks proper error handling for rbtree insertion. A corrupted CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP message with duplicate choose_args indices triggers an assertion leading to a kernel BUG.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can send a crafted CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP message to cause a kernel panic, resulting in denial of service (DoS) for systems relying on Ceph.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version that replaces the assertion with a safe rbtree insertion and rejects malformed messages.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: handle rbtree insertion error in decode_choose_args() A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains an OSD map that itself contains a CRUSH map. The received CRUSH map may optionally contain choose_args that get decoded in decode_choose_args(). In this function, num_choose_arg_maps is read from the message, and a corresponding number of crush_choose_arg_maps gets decoded afterwards. Each crush_choose_arg_map has a choose_args_index, which serves as the key when inserting it into the choose_args rbtree of the decoded crush_map. If a (potentially corrupted) message contains two crush_choose_arg_maps with the same index, the assertion in insert_choose_arg_map() triggers a kernel BUG when trying to insert the second crush_choose_arg_map. This patch fixes the issue by switching to the non-asserting rbtree insertion function and rejecting the message if the insertion fails. [ idryomov: changelog ]

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