In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: bound copied dentry name length in NFS export get_name
ceph_get_name() copies the MDS-supplied name into the caller's NAME_MAX-sized buffer with memcpy(name, rinfo->dname, rinfo->dname_len) and then writes name[rinfo->dname_len] = 0, without checking dname_len against NAME_MAX. A malicious or buggy MDS that returns a LOOKUPNAME reply with dname_len > NAME_MAX overflows the buffer. __get_snap_name() copies rde->name / rde->name_len the same unchecked way.
Impact: a malicious or compromised Ceph MDS overflows the NAME_MAX name buffer in a client's NFS-export get_name path, a slab out-of-bounds write reported by KASAN. Reachable when a CephFS mount is re-exported over NFS.
Add ceph_export_copy_name(), which rejects lengths above NAME_MAX with -ENAMETOOLONG before the copy, and use it in both ceph_get_name() and __get_snap_name().
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perfUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.270-271.1109Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.188-233.393Upgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel | Oct 13, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux | Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 |
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