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libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done() Currently any error from ceph_auth_handle_reply_done() is propagated via finish_auth() but isn't returned from mon_handle_auth_done(). This results in higher layers learning that (despite the monitor considering us to be successfully authenticated) something went wrong in the authentication phase and reacting accordingly, but msgr2 still trying to proceed with establishing the session in the background. In the case of secure mode this can trigger a WARN in setup_crypto() and later lead to a NULL pointer dereference inside of prepare_auth_signature().

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.198, 6.1.161, 6.12.66, 6.18.6, 6.6.121
CVEs
CVE-2026-22992
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 02:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jan 2026, 15:24 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done() Currently any error from ceph_auth_handle_reply_done() is propagated via finish_auth() but isn't returned from mon_handle_auth_done(). This results in higher layers learning that (despite the monitor considering us to be successfully authenticated) something went wrong in the authentication phase and reacting accordingly, but msgr2 still trying to proceed with establishing the session in the background. In the case of secure mode this can trigger a WARN in setup_crypto() and later lead to a NULL pointer dereference inside of prepare_auth_signature().

osv:CVE-2026-22992

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.198, 6.1.161, 6.6.121, 6.12.66, 6.18.6

Complete source record
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