In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: do not propagate page array emplacement errors as batch errors
When fscrypt is enabled, move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() may fail because it needs to allocate bounce buffers to store the encrypted versions of each folio. Each folio beyond the first allocates its bounce buffer with GFP_NOWAIT. Failures are common (and expected) under this allocation mode; they should flush (not abort) the batch.
However, ceph_process_folio_batch() uses the same `rc` variable for its own return code and for capturing the return codes of its routine calls; failing to reset `rc` back to 0 results in the error being propagated out to the main writeback loop, which cannot actually tolerate any errors here: once `ceph_wbc.pages` is allocated, it must be passed to ceph_submit_write() to be freed. If it survives until the next iteration (e.g. due to the goto being followed), ceph_allocate_page_array()'s BUG_ON() will oops the worker.
Note that this failure mode is currently masked due to another bug (addressed next in this series) that prevents multiple encrypted folios from being selected for the same write.
For now, just reset `rc` when redirtying the folio to prevent errors in move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() from propagating. Note that move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() is careful never to return errors on the first folio, so there is no need to check for that. After this change, ceph_process_folio_batch() no longer returns errors; its only remaining failure indicator is `locked_pages == 0`, which the caller already handles correctly.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.16-18.222Upgrade kernel6.18-libbpfUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo | May 19, 2026 | May 6, 2026 |
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