CVE-2026-52956 libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in cephxdecrypt In cephxdecrypt, a part of the buffer p is interpreted as a cephxencryptheader, and the magic field of this struct is accessed. This happens without any guarantee that t...

CVE-2026-52956

The CVE-2026-52956 issue affects the Linux kernel’s libceph code, specifically __ceph_x_decrypt(), where a buffer region can be misinterpreted as a ceph_x_encrypt_header and hdr->magic accessed without ensuring sufficient plaintext size. This can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access when cip...