Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-06-24T00:00:00 kernel: libceph: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in decode_choose_args() 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CWE-1285

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in decode_choose_args() A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains an OSD map that itself contains a CRUSH map. When decoding this CRUSH map in crush_decode(), an array of max_buckets CRUSH buckets is decoded, where some indices may not refer to actual buckets and are therefore set to NULL. The received CRUSH map may optionally contain choose_args that get decoded in decode_choose_args(). When decoding a crush_choose_arg_map, a series of choose_args for different buckets is decoded, with the bucket_index being read from the incoming message. It is only checked that the bucket index does not exceed max_buckets, but not that it doesn't point to an index with a NULL bucket. If a (potentially corrupted) message contains a crush_choose_arg_map including such a bucket_index, a null pointer dereference may occur in the subsequent processing when attempting to access the bucket with the given index. This patch fixes the issue by extending the affected check. Now, it is only attempted to access the bucket if it is not NULL.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `libceph` component. When processing a `CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP` message containing a specially crafted CRUSH map, a remote attacker could potentially trigger a null pointer dereference. This issue arises during the decoding of `crush_choose_arg_map` if a `bucket_index` refers to a non-existent bucket. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52957 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52957 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062435-CVE-2026-52957-0154@gregkh/T