Critical Linux Kernel kernel performance subsystem Vulnerability Scores 9.8 CVSS

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-89654

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ceph: fix UAF in check_new_map() on session freed during unlock

check_new_map() iterates mdsc->sessions[] and for each active session

drops mdsc->mutex to perform per-session operations. The forced-close

path (rank removed from map) correctly takes a reference on s via

ceph_get_mds_session() before releasing mdsc->mutex, but three other

paths do not:

Path A (address changed): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)

Path B (reconnect): mutex_unlock → send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s)

Path C (active transition): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)

Without the extra reference, another thread can acquire mdsc->mutex

during the unlock window, call __unregister_session() which drops the

last reference on s, and free it. The original thread then accesses

freed memory via s->s_mutex.

Fix by adding ceph_get_mds_session(s) before each mutex_unlock and

ceph_put_mds_session(s) after the corresponding mutex_lock, matching

the pattern already used in the forced-close path.

Race timeline (Path A):

Thread A (check_new_map) Thread B (another map update

holds mdsc->mutex or session teardown)

-------------------------- --------------------------

s = mdsc->sessions[i]

(refcount == 1, held only by

sessions[] array)

mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex)

---> acquires mdsc->mutex

__unregister_session(mdsc, s)

sessions[i] = NULL

ceph_put_mds_session(s)

refcount: 1 -> 0

kfree(s) <--- freed!

mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex)

UAF on freed s->s_mutex (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

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