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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-68158 in the critical feed json

libceph: Fix multiplication overflow in decode_new_up_state_weight()

published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-55544

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

libceph: Fix multiplication overflow in decode_new_up_state_weight()

If a message of type CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP contains a (maliciously) corrupted osdmap, out-of-bounds memory accesses may occur in decode_new_up_state_weight(). This happens because the bounds check for the new_state part is based on calculating its length depending on a len value read from the incoming message. This calculation may overflow leading to an incorrect bounds check. Subsequently, out-of-bounds reads may occur when decoding this part.

This patch switches the multiplication to use check_mul_overflow() to abort processing the osdmap if an overflow occurred. Therefore, osdmaps/messages containing large values for len that result in a multiplication overflow are treated as invalid.

[ idryomov: rename new_state_len -> new_state_item_size, formatting ]

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 3.11, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 3.19, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68158

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68158

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_10 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 9-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_1 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 18-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_5 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 13-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_8 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 10-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_11 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 9-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_0 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 20-160000.4.3
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_2 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 16-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_6 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 12-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24431-1SUSE-SU-2026:24455-1SUSE-SU-2026:24434-1SUSE-SU-2026:24458-1SUSE-SU-2026:24433-1SUSE-SU-2026:24457-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68158 updated cvss 7.5

kernel: libceph: Fix multiplication overflow in decode_new_up_state_weight()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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References

Sources

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