Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Linux kernel Ceph client code from version 5.7 onward is affected until fixed. A malicious or compromised Ceph metadata server can send crafted replies that make clients consume unbounded CPU and memory. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.51, or a later release in those series.
Not analysed yet
We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.
Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CNA (Linux) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0067, the 52nd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4606d76748affb378f9d15a5d77c128793f4b996
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8194d8e61ef0b49baddf660c7e88fc1c563a5e55
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fc55e8e6b6b50f217b1728415578704baf4d0a2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c040e139f1a629b767f900bbbc3f9892c290ed85
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f341270ac5f5077804d7837ce77b0f0df1cea29d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bd3158bd62466d57ed72a3f7bc5f205fedd6919