Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: fix invalid accesses to ceph_connection_v1_info There is a place where generic code in messenger.c is reading and another place where it is writing to con->v1 union member without checking that the union member is active (i.e. msgr1 is in use). On 64-bit systems, con->v1.auth_retry overlaps with con->v2.out_iter, so such a read is almost guaranteed to return a bogus value instead of 0 when msgr2 is in use. This ends up being fairly benign because the side effect is just the invalidation of the authorizer and successive fetching of new tickets. con->v1.connect_seq overlaps with con->v2.conn_bufs and the fact that it's being written to can cause more serious consequences, but luckily it's not something that happens often.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel; debian: debian linux
References7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23538cfbeed87159a5ac6c61e7a6de3d8d4486a8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/35dbbc3dbf8bccb2d77c68444f42c1e6d2d27983 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/591ea9c30737663a471b2bb07b27ddde86b020d5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd8b56899be0b514945f639a89ccafb8f8dfaef Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdbc9836c7afadad68f374791738f118263c5371 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea12ab684f8ae8a6da11a22c78d94a79e2163096 Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 26 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-704
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