CVE-2026-46024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Prevent potential null-ptr-deref in ceph_handle_auth_reply() If a message of type CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY contains a zero value for both protocol and result, this is currently not treated as an error. In case of ac->negotiating == true and ac->protocol > 0, this leads to setting ac->protocol = 0 and ac->ops = NULL. Thereafter, the check for ac->protocol != protocol returns false, and init_protocol() is not called. Subsequently, ac->ops->handle_reply() is called, which leads to a null pointer dereference, because ac->ops is still NULL. This patch changes the check for ac->protocol != protocol to !ac->protocol, as this also includes the case when the protocol was set to zero in the message. This causes the message to be treated as containing a bad auth protocol.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
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| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.86-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.0.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.0.4-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2738b93edad661178340239de657d876b73d3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/927e4bd5692f2a4901808822981fb2c8d4456548
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/016bc663657366d386993f63eb31072eb45a2b77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f2be7285941a33a9f72579a23b96392f83c758e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5199c125d25aeae8615c4fc31652cc0fe624338e
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46024
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-46024
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ded62c302c0342efdb5eda3bf6e75720caad0df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f101271fcf55d7eacfefd610b51ec65f46ba8118
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46024.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.