In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix num_ops off-by-one when crypto allocation fails move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() may fail if the file is encrypted, the dirty folio is not the first in the batch, and it fails to allocate a bounce buffer to hold the ciphertext. When that happens, ceph_process_folio_batch() simply redirties the folio and flushes the current batch -- it can retry that folio in a future batch. However, if this failed folio is not contiguous with the last folio that did make it into the batch, then ceph_process_folio_batch() has already incremented `ceph_wbc->num_ops`; because it doesn't follow through and add the discontiguous folio to the array, ceph_submit_write() -- which expects that `ceph_wbc->num_ops` accurately reflects the number of contiguous ranges (and therefore the required number of "write extent" ops) in the writeback -- will panic the kernel: BUG_ON(ceph_wbc->op_idx + 1 != req->r_num_ops); This issue can be reproduced on affected kernels by writing to fscrypt-enabled CephFS file(s) with a 4KiB-written/4KiB-skipped/repeat pattern (total filesize should not matter) and gradually increasing the system's memory pressure until a bounce buffer allocation fails. Fix this crash by decrementing `ceph_wbc->num_ops` back to the correct value when move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() fails, but the folio already started counting a new (i.e. still-empty) extent. The defect corrected by this patch has existed since 2022 (see first `Fixes:`), but another bug blocked multi-folio encrypted writeback until recently (see second `Fixes:`). The second commit made it into 6.18.16, 6.19.6, and 7.0-rc1, unmasking the panic in those versions. This patch therefore fixes a regression (panic) introduced by cac190c7674f.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200f41d6fcf2ac7e24866431e381cbc914560e4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d9555bf9eaeba34fe6b6bb86f442fe08ba3842 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba12c1e578890f6337a415b7dedf476c6d455105 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 6
- StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:41
- CwesCWE-193NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- CVSS5.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- First seenunscored · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:41
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd151799d826d3736ae60c2b22cbc9d96a2a613
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6200f41d6fcf2ac7e24866431e381cbc914560e4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d9555bf9eaeba34fe6b6bb86f442fe08ba3842 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba12c1e578890f6337a415b7dedf476c6d455105 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65a96fe2467a9b184c6ae963d95a260a202c98e