Medium 5.5Published Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2026-23201In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() This fixes a kernel oops when reading ceph snapshot directori…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() This fixes a kernel oops when reading ceph snapshot directories (.snap), for example by simply running `ls /mnt/my_ceph/.snap`. The variable str is guarded by __free(kfree), but advanced by one for skipping the initial '_' in snapshot names. Thus, kfree() is called with an invalid pointer. This patch removes the need for advancing the pointer so kfree() is called with correct memory pointer. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create snapshots on a cephfs volume (I've 63 snaps in my testcase) 2. Add cephfs mount to fstab $ echo "samba-fileserver@.files=/volumes/datapool/stuff/3461082b-ecc9-4e82-8549-3fd2590d3fb6 /mnt/test/stuff ceph acl,noatime,_netdev 0 0" >> /etc/fstab 3. Reboot the system $ systemctl reboot 4. Check if it's really mounted $ mount | grep stuff 5. List snapshots (expected 63 snapshots on my system) $ ls /mnt/test/stuff/.snap Now ls hangs forever and the kernel log shows the oops.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Sep 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.12.42 before 6.12.70; from 6.15.10 before 6.16; from 6.16.1 before 6.18.10; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 3 more ranges	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c9af7339de419819cfc641d551675d38ff99abfpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc8dedae022ce3058659c3addef3ec4b41d15e00patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9a129c82ddf82a50b4f8960d2609714ca2dbd26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e258ed369c9e04caa7d2fd49785d753ae4034cb6patch

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