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Advisory severityHigh7.0Vendor: MediumRed Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-52956] Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-52956 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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CVE-2026-52956
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxLinux Kernel
Open source advisory

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt() In __ceph_x_decrypt(), a part of the buffer p is interpreted as a ceph_x_encrypt_header, and the magic field of this struct is accessed. This happens without any guarantee that the buffer is large enough to hold this struct.

The function parameter ciphertext_len represents the length of the ciphertext to decrypt and is guaranteed to be at most the remaining size of the allocated buffer p. However, this value is not necessarily greater than sizeof(ceph_x_encrypt_header).

E.g., a message frame of type FRAME_TAG_AUTH_REPLY_MORE, that is just as long to hold the ciphertext at its end with a ciphertext_len of 8 or less, can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access when accessing hdr->magic.

This patch fixes the issue by adding a check to ensure that the decrypted plaintext in the buffer is large enough to represent at least the ceph_x_encrypt_header.

A remote attacker could trigger an out-of-bounds memory access in the `__ceph_x_decrypt()` function by sending a specially crafted message frame of type `FRAME_TAG_AUTH_REPLY_MORE` with a small ciphertext length. This vulnerability arises because the function interprets a buffer as a `ceph_x_encrypt_header` without ensuring the buffer is large enough.

Is CVE-2026-52956 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-52956 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2026-52956?

The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Red Hat's guidance for workarounds and updates.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

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Fixed versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 14 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 14 days ago·verify at source

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