CVE-2026-90067

libceph: validate banner payload length

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: validate banner payload length When parsing the Ceph messenger v2 protocol banner, the `payload_len` field is decoded from the banner prefix. If a client sends a banner with a `payload_len` of 0, the kernel sets up a 0-length socket read. This violates an invariant in the state machine, triggering a warning in `populate_in_iter()`: ------------[ cut here ]------------ !iov_iter_count(&con->v2.in_iter) WARNING: net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 at populate_in_iter net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 [inline], CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5070 WARNING: net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3129 at ceph_con_v2_try_read+0x6634/0x6810 net/ceph/messenger_v2.c:3159, CPU#1: kworker/1:3/5070 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ceph_con_workfn+0x1f5/0x14a0 net/ceph/messenger.c:1575 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> According to the msgr2 protocol specification, the banner payload is expected to contain at least two 64-bit integers (`server_feat` and `server_req_feat`). Therefore, `payload_len` must be at least 16 bytes. Fix this by adding a check in `process_banner_prefix()` to reject a `payload_len` smaller than 16 bytes. This prevents the 0-length read and correctly aborts the connection with a protocol error.

Affected

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

5.11cd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31
Vendor states this is fixed in 279c0852999fd2384f4a88155091a99e81f96873 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3b2e62a7655d347a845a91155610ddae11daffc6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6cf666e47f2b51d5a887ec8a3226cde951757d27 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d1c6f228854aa89844fd0152d7ed7ac72a55e89 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c1b937ff24b19e69aa7fb1b0f46a74d4c9668692 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c77633a9595658210a6e216a071e5a396a0835a7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f374967fcdf04001c9b66df1c19106fa83cd91f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.5HIGHLinux
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