CVE-2025-39880

libceph: fix invalid accesses to ceph_connection_v1_info

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 23, 2025 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1945.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1536.13 ≤ v < 6.16.86.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1076.7 ≤ v < 6.12.486.176.17 rc16.17 rc26.17 rc36.17 rc46.17 rc5cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31
Vendor states this is fixed in 23538cfbeed87159a5ac6c61e7a6de3d8d4486a8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 35dbbc3dbf8bccb2d77c68444f42c1e6d2d27983 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 591ea9c30737663a471b2bb07b27ddde86b020d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6bd8b56899be0b514945f639a89ccafb8f8dfaef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cdbc9836c7afadad68f374791738f118263c5371 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ea12ab684f8ae8a6da11a22c78d94a79e2163096 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.194 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.153 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.48 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.107 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-704

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