libceph: bound pg_{temp,upmap,upmap_items} length to CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 16 fixed, 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: bound pg_{temp,upmap,upmap_items} length to CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE __decode_pg_temp() decodes an user-controlled length but only rejects values large enough to overflow the allocation; it does not bound it to CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE. The helper backs both pg_temp and pg_upmap decoding, and apply_upmap()/get_temp_osds() later copy the decoded list into the fixed-size on-stack array struct ceph_osds.osds[CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE]. A monitor that sends an OSDMap with a pg_temp/pg_upmap entry longer than 32 thus causes a stack out-of-bounds write. An OSD set for a single PG can never exceed CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE, so reject longer entries at decode time. The bound is well below the old overflow threshold, so it also covers the allocation-size overflow the previous check guarded against. BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in ceph_pg_to_up_acting_osds Write of size 4 ... by task exploit kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) ceph_pg_to_up_acting_osds (net/ceph/osdmap.c:2617 net/ceph/osdmap.c:2833) calc_target (net/ceph/osd_client.c:1638) __submit_request (net/ceph/osd_client.c:2394) ceph_osdc_start_request (net/ceph/osd_client.c:2490) ceph_osdc_call (net/ceph/osd_client.c:5164) rbd_dev_image_probe (drivers/block/rbd.c:6899) do_rbd_add (drivers/block/rbd.c:7138) ... kernel BUG at net/ceph/osdmap.c:2670! [ idryomov: do the same in __decode_pg_upmap_items() ]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.153, 6.12.105, 6.18.46, 7.1.6, 7.2
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2026:94996 Released 2026-11-04 · Red Hat rating Criticalkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6 +14
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6 +14
- RHSA-2026:72468 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.169.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.169.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.169.1.el8_10 +19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.169.1.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:72467 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.169.1.rt7.510.el8_10 +7
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:70498 Released 2026-09-23 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, libperf-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2 +9
- RHSA-2026:68570 Released 2026-09-17 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8 +28
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, libperf-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-687.49.1.el9_8 +9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70498 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70498 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72468 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:94996 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:94996 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72468 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70498 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72467 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72467 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70498 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:70498 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:68570 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68159
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-83x9-86wr-8vh2
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: RHSA-2026:94996 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eec4af1e080b695229c9a20635648a6d12fedf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daf06456677177f2a6044729abac59c1b49e87b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5650ddbd4d42c1a916c8fe1a4c4cb573ef810a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42bc06c67d94d5f2a6b33294b0c4b07d8a47c515
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebdf4b4f3b1474079980a2e5cd79ad65fb54db57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/590b07ceea138d49c9b64f65d263aa902d3b4730
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e36663145abd7024f0281dfb22fdef65f185845b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f00f9cf2be293efe899db67dc5272e3a9c62717
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68159 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68159 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-83x9-86wr-8vh2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68159 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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