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.
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Thu, 28 May 2026 04:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 28 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 27 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000
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Wed, 27 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | libceph: Prevent potential null-ptr-deref in ceph_handle_auth_reply() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-14T17:48:45.491Z
Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.093Z
Link: CVE-2026-46024
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-27T14:17:20.890
Modified: 2026-06-17T10:52:55.147
Link: CVE-2026-46024
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Updated: 2026-06-17T22:15:02Z