CVE-2026-43408

A flaw was found in the Ceph file system component of the Linux kernel. This vulnerability arises from the failure to properly initialize a data structure cephpathinfo before its use, specifically when the cephmdscbuildpath function is called. This oversight can lead to system instability and...

CVE-2026-43408 ceph: add a bunch of missing ceph_path_info initializers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: add a bunch of missing cephpathinfo initializers cephmdscbuildpath must be called with a zero-initialized cephpathinfo parameter, or else the following cephmdscfreepathinfo may crash. Example crash on Linux 6.18.12:...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the core of the open-source operating system Linux, developed by the Linux Foundation in the United States. There is a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which stems from the fact that the caller of the cephmdscbuildpath function does not initialize the cephpathinfo...