libceph: validate OSD extent maps before cursor advance

Overview

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

libceph: validate OSD extent maps before cursor advance

net/ceph/osd_client.c:osd_sparse_read() validates that the sparse-read data length matches the summed extent lengths, but it does not validate that each OSD-supplied extent is monotonic and lies inside the original request range. A malformed authenticated OSD reply can advertise a far-forward nonzero extent offset with a matching data length and make the client advance the message-data cursor beyond the request buffer. This reaches the BUG_ON(!*length) assertion in ceph_msg_data_next() from the client receive path.

Impact: A malicious or compromised authenticated Ceph OSD peer can crash a kernel Ceph client via a malformed sparse-read reply.

Reject sparse extent maps that overflow, move backwards, overlap, or extend outside the original sparse-read request before advancing the cursor.

[ idryomov: perform sparse_extent_map_valid() check a bit earlier, in CEPH_SPARSE_READ_DATA_LEN instead of CEPH_SPARSE_READ_DATA_PRE state ]

Affected

• Linux >= f628d799972799023d32c2542bb2639eb8c4f84e < 94ae5145c520618802b0a24c047dcd5f05835db8
• Linux >= f628d799972799023d32c2542bb2639eb8c4f84e < 058ffa81f9440c5b4714685611cf697fd3739ec9
• Linux >= f628d799972799023d32c2542bb2639eb8c4f84e < 2571b35883268a266554e80d368e67fdfea7fb9d
• Linux >= f628d799972799023d32c2542bb2639eb8c4f84e < 201db408872ca12cf09e36bf0f560138c3dcfa1c
• Linux >= f628d799972799023d32c2542bb2639eb8c4f84e < 9ec08b7499a62c6d4afa93d36ab47a43fcad57d1
• Linux 6.6

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

Vendor advisories

• Red Hat VEX · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-09-18 · vex