[ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string ... and parse_longname() is not guaranteed that. That's the reason why it uses kmemdup_nul() to build the argument for kstrtou64(); the problem is, kstrtou64() is not the only thing that need it. Just get a NUL-terminated copy of the entire thing and be done with that...
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.6.157
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38660
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 00:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
[ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 22 Aug 2025, 16:01 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string ... and parse_longname() is not guaranteed that. That's the reason why it uses kmemdup_nul() to build the argument for kstrtou64(); the problem is, kstrtou64() is not the only thing that need it. Just get a NUL-terminated copy of the entire thing and be done with that...
osv:CVE-2025-38660
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.157, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1
Complete source record
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