Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68159

Vulnerability identifier: #VU142146

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68159

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a stack out-of-bounds write in __decode_pg_temp(), __decode_pg_upmap_items(), and OSDMap handling in net/ceph/osdmap.c when processing a crafted OSDMap containing an oversized pg_temp, pg_upmap, or pg_upmap_items entry. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted OSDMap entry to cause a denial of service.

The issue is triggered when the decoded list is later copied into the fixed-size on-stack array struct ceph_osds.osds[CEPH_PG_MAX_SIZE].

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
perf - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-329.0.0.230

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f00f9cf2be293efe899db67dc5272e3a9c62717
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e36663145abd7024f0281dfb22fdef65f185845b

• Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel ceph
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel