Medium [CVE-2026-52962] fix a buffer leak in __ceph_setxattr
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-52962 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix a buffer leak in __ceph_setxattr() The old_blob in __ceph_setxattr() can store ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob value during the retry. However, it is never called the ceph_buffer_put() for the old_blob object.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically within the Ceph file system's extended attribute handling. A buffer leak occurs in the `__ceph_setxattr()` function because a previously allocated buffer (`old_blob`) is not properly released.
This can lead to resource exhaustion over time, potentially causing a denial of service (DoS) for affected systems. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-772. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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