Tracker / CVE-2026-43405
CVE-2026-43405
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Use u32 for non-negative values in ceph_monmap_decode() This patch fixes unnecessary implicit conversions that change signedness of blob_len and num_mon in ceph_monmap_decode(). Currently blob_len and num_mon are (signed) int variables. They are used to hold values that are always non-negative and get assigned in ceph_decode_32_safe(), which is meant to assign u32 values. Both variables are subsequently used as unsigned values, and the value of num_mon is further assigned to monmap->num_mon, which is of type u32. Therefore, both variables should be of type u32. This is especially relevant for num_mon. If the value read from the incoming message is very large, it is interpreted as a negative value, and the check for num_mon > CEPH_MAX_MON does not catch it. This leads to the attempt to allocate a very large chunk of memory for monmap, which will most likely fail. In this case, an unnecessary attempt to allocate memory is performed, and -ENOMEM is returned instead of -EINVAL.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.203 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.167 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.19 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 6.19.9 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.130 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.78 |