ceph: bound num_export_targets array for mds info v2/v3

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: bound num_export_targets array for mds info v2/v3 ceph_mdsmap_decode() in fs/ceph/mdsmap.c reads num_export_targets from each per-mds info record and advances the decode cursor by num_export_targets * sizeof(u32) without first checking that many bytes remain. The only upper-bound check that catches a runaway cursor (*p > info_end) is gated on info_v >= 4, because info_end is left NULL for info_v 2 and 3. When the monitor sends an MDS map whose per-mds info version is 2 or 3 with an oversized num_export_targets, the cursor moves past the message front buffer and the later export-targets loop calls the unchecked ceph_decode_32() on out-of-bounds memory. A kernel client processes CEPH_MSG_MDS_MAP from its monitor session (net/ceph/mon_client.c dispatches it; fs/ceph/super.c routes it to ceph_mdsc_handle_mdsmap(), which sets end to the front buffer bound and calls ceph_mdsmap_decode()). A malicious or compromised monitor, or an on-path attacker on an unsigned/unencrypted messenger session, can therefore drive an out-of-bounds read in the client kernel; on x86_64 with KASAN it is reported as a slab-out-of-bounds read in ceph_mdsmap_decode(). The decoded values land in the internal info->export_targets[] array, so the consequence is a kernel out-of-bounds read, not an information leak to the attacker. Impact: a malicious or compromised Ceph monitor sending an MDS map with a per-mds info version of 2 or 3 and an oversized num_export_targets field triggers an out-of-bounds read in the CephFS client kernel. Add a ceph_decode_need() for the export-targets array before advancing the cursor, so the bound is enforced for every info_v >= 2, not only info_v >= 4. This mirrors the count-then-need idiom already used for m_data_pg_pools later in the same function. Compute the export-targets byte count with size_mul() and reuse that checked length when advancing the cursor, so the attacker-controlled num_export_targets multiplication fails closed on overflow rather than relying on the later kcalloc() guard.

Timeline

1. Sep 11, 2026, 7:45 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 16, 2026, 7:25 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

3. Oct 19, 2026, 8:50 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in 0c4bcc3ba7291d383b82ce1c2fe324f69a42da2d; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in 55a06b32438c222765138727d0a8164b103e8f0d; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in eb3e1a1cb1634c76d59c5a9cb1a026fc69d40911; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in 3bf7dba8dba9a05774b846affec61a3624ddba38; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in 58c2d3e954c13694ef6e820a5e9456461bb9e7df; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in 332c444f4dc6fa1e8b8637c9e82d29e97f768656; From d463a43d69f4af85887671d76182437775fd1631 · fixed in a3eb169ee297aa99670ba927c659990bd1e453f3

• Linux Linux

  4.7

• KernelLinux

  From 4.7.0 · fixed in 5.15.221; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.188; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.157; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.109; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.50; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.4

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