CVE-2026-52954
libceph: handle rbtree insertion error in decode_choose_args()
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
24 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: handle rbtree insertion error in decode_choose_args()
A message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains an OSD map that itself
contains a CRUSH map. The received CRUSH map may optionally contain
choose_args that get decoded in decode_choose_args(). In this function,
num_choose_arg_maps is read from the message, and a corresponding number
of crush_choose_arg_maps gets decoded afterwards. Each
crush_choose_arg_map has a choose_args_index, which serves as the key
when inserting it into the choose_args rbtree of the decoded crush_map.
If a (potentially corrupted) message contains two crush_choose_arg_maps
with the same index, the assertion in insert_choose_arg_map() triggers a
kernel BUG when trying to insert the second crush_choose_arg_map.
This patch fixes the issue by switching to the non-asserting rbtree
insertion function and rejecting the message if the insertion fails.
[ idryomov: changelog ]
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a1265a9ab875f92b6a3ffb497404f46cf9d76a3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6a3bcb91bc5bfeda39f0df3b71bab62c13e9dahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d2b37abda9536808655830d683dc491d31741a8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/534ebc08df97c47d4c7596f336fa31ecbf91519chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80c73bd1b2b04355d1d0c29be8ccbd25a380905dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7bf7864e2924fa5508ac270b0e9364bc13d5a6chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d289478cfc0bcf81c7914200d6abdcb78bd04dedhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47430fc1f815e87406e2d3b4e476eff1bc7fd9b