CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-90067

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.67%

51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the libceph module (Ceph messenger v2 protocol) did not validate the payload_len field in the banner prefix. A client could send a banner with payload_len of 0, causing a 0-length socket read and violating a state machine invariant, triggering a warning in populate_in_iter(). Per the msgr2 specification, payload_len must be at least 16 bytes.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker could send a crafted Ceph protocol banner, causing kernel warnings and improper connection state machine behavior. This may lead to service disruption or instability on the Ceph client or server side.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds a check in process_banner_prefix() rejecting payload_len smaller than 16 bytes. After updating, reboot the system or reload the libceph module.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: validate banner payload length When parsing the Ceph messenger v2 protocol banner, the `payload_len` field is decoded from the banner prefix. If a client sends a banner with a `payload_len` of 0, the kernel sets up a 0-length socket read. This violates an invariant in the state machine, triggering a warning in `populate_in_iter()`: ------------[ cut here ]------------ !iov_iter_count(&con->v2.in_iter) WARNING: net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 at populate_in_iter net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 [inline], CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5070 WARNING: net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 at ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x6634/0x6810 net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3159, CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5070 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ceph_con_workfn+0x1f5/0x14a0 net/ceph/messenger.c:1575 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> According to the msgr2 protocol specification, the banner payload is expected to contain at least two 64-bit integers (`server_feat` and `server_req_feat`). Therefore, `payload_len` must be at least 16 bytes. Fix this by adding a check in `process_banner_prefix()` to reject a `payload_len` smaller than 16 bytes. This prevents the 0-length read and correctly aborts the connection with a protocol error.

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