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CVE-2026-68155

Status: ReceivedHigh (7.5)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

libceph: Reject monmaps advertising zero monitors

A message of type CEPH_MSG_MON_MAP contains a monmap that is sent from a monitor to the client. This monmap contains information about the existing monitors in the cluster. Currently, a monmap indicating that there are zero monitors in the cluster is treated as valid. However, it is impossible to have zero monitors in the cluster and still receive a valid monmap from a monitor. Therefore, such a monmap must be corrupted and should be treated as invalid.

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Furthermore, a monmap with a monitor count of zero can subsequently crash the client when attempting to open a session with a monitor in __open_session(). This happens because the "BUG_ON(monc->monmap->num_mon < 1)" assertion in pick_new_mon() is triggered.

This patch extends a check in ceph_monmap_decode() to also reject arriving mon_maps with num_mon == 0 rather than only with num_mon > CEPH_MAX_MON.

[ idryomov: drop "log output for unusual values of num_mon" part ]

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio en el kernel de Linux explotable remotamente sin privilegios (AV:N, PR:N). Un monmap malformado causa BUG_ON y crash del cliente Ceph.

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🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network TrafficVulnerability ScanningPrivileged Account ManagementNetwork SegmentationLimit Access to Resource Over NetworkApplication Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Linux — Linux KernelAI

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