CVE-2025-68285
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() The wait loop in __ceph_open_session() can race with the client...
Affects 1 product across 6 vendors.
A potential use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's libceph module, specifically in the have_mon_and_osd_map() function. This issue arises due to a race condition in the __ceph_open_session() wait loop, where a new monmap or osdmap can be received and installed immediately after the old one is freed, leading to a use-after-free condition.
BSID: BS-2025-GLOBAL-029972-I • Model: /workspace/models/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct-bf16 • Confidence: MEDIUM
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| CVE ID | CVE-2025-68285 |
|---|---|
| BSID | BS-2025-GLOBAL-029972-I BreachSpider Global ID |
| CVSS Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Published | 2025-12-16 |
| Last Modified | 2026-10-14 |
| ICS Relevance | 0% |
| Source | NVD |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() The wait loop in __ceph_open_session() can race with the client receiving a new monmap or osdmap shortly after the initial map is received. Both ceph_monc_handle_map() and handle_one_map() install a new map immediately after freeing the old one kfree(monc->monmap); monc->monmap = monmap; ceph_osdmap_destroy(osdc->osdmap); osdc->osdmap = newmap; under client->monc.mutex and client->osdc.lock respectively, but because neither is taken in have_mon_and_osd_map() it's possible for client->monc.monmap->epoch and client->osdc.osdmap->epoch arms in client->monc.monmap && client->monc.monmap->epoch && client->osdc.osdmap && client->osdc.osdmap->epoch; condition to dereference an already freed map. This happens to be reproducible with generic/395 and generic/397 with KASAN enabled: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map+0x56/0x70 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811012d810 by task mount.ceph/13305 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 13305 Comm: mount.ceph Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2-build2+ #1266 ... Call Trace: <TASK> have_mon_and_osd_map+0x56/0x70 ceph_open_session+0x182/0x290 ceph_get_tree+0x333/0x680 vfs_get_tree+0x49/0x180 do_new_mount+0x1a3/0x2d0 path_mount+0x6dd/0x730 do_mount+0x99/0xe0 __do_sys_mount+0x141/0x180 do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e </TASK> Allocated by task 13305: ceph_osdmap_alloc+0x16/0x130 ceph_osdc_init+0x27a/0x4c0 ceph_create_client+0x153/0x190 create_fs_client+0x50/0x2a0 ceph_get_tree+0xff/0x680 vfs_get_tree+0x49/0x180 do_new_mount+0x1a3/0x2d0 path_mount+0x6dd/0x730 do_mount+0x99/0xe0 __do_sys_mount+0x141/0x180 do_syscall_64+0x9f/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 9475: kfree+0x212/0x290 handle_one_map+0x23c/0x3b0 ceph_osdc_handle_map+0x3c9/0x590 mon_dispatch+0x655/0x6f0 ceph_con_process_message+0xc3/0xe0 ceph_con_v1_try_read+0x614/0x760 ceph_con_workfn+0x2de/0x650 process_one_work+0x486/0x7c0 process_scheduled_works+0x73/0x90 worker_thread+0x1c8/0x2a0 kthread+0x2ec/0x300 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x40 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Rewrite the wait loop to check the above condition directly with client->monc.mutex and client->osdc.lock taken as appropriate. While at it, improve the timeout handling (previously mount_timeout could be exceeded in case wait_event_interruptible_timeout() slept more than once) and access client->auth_err under client->monc.mutex to match how it's set in finish_auth(). monmap_show() and osdmap_show() now take the respective lock before accessing the map as well.
Source: NIST NVD / MITRE CVE Database
The vulnerability occurs when the client receives a new monmap or osdmap shortly after the initial map is received. The functions ceph_monc_handle_map() and handle_one_map() install a new map immediately after freeing the old one, which can lead to a use-after-free condition if the old map is still being accessed.
Exploitation Likelihood: MEDIUM
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ceph | — | — |
| Client | — | — |
| Epoch | — | — |
| Kernel | — | — |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.35 |
| Slab | — | — |
No official vendor advisory link on record. See the CVE record →
| CISA known-exploited | Not in KEV catalog |
|---|---|
| Public Exploit | Not confirmed |
| PoC Code | Not confirmed |
AI Enrichment Record — provenance & audit hash
| Model | /workspace/models/qwen2.5-coder-32b-instruct-bf16 |
|---|---|
| Confidence | MEDIUM |
| Enriched At | 2026-05-24 |
| SHA-512 Audit Hash | 5e1e059316c1cd2e84c55c3d2497704fb932591499a91a024d52e15d9209723a2030608b2dca4566f2dd111d24b154e8bea2803696a740f42b9ffe87630939cc |
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