libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation free_choose_arg_map() may dereference a NULL pointer if its caller fails after a partial allocation. For example, in decode_choose_args(), if allocation of arg_map->args fails, execution jumps to the fail label and free_choose_arg_map() is called. Since arg_map->size is updated to a non-zero value before memory allocation, free_choose_arg_map() will iterate over arg_map->args and dereference a NULL pointer. To prevent this potential NULL pointer dereference and make free_choose_arg_map() more resilient, add checks for pointers before iterating.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation free_choose_arg_map() may dereference a NULL pointer if its caller fails after a partial allocation. For example, in decode_choose_args(), if allocation of arg_map->args fails, execution jumps to the fail label and free_choose_arg_map() is called. Since arg_map->size is updated to a non-zero value before memory allocation, free_choose_arg_map() will iterate over arg_map->args and dereference a NULL pointer. To prevent this potential NULL pointer dereference and make free_choose_arg_map() more resilient, add checks for pointers before iterating.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8081faaf089db5280c3be820948469f7c58ef8dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/851241d3f78a5505224dc21c03d8692f530256b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b3730dabcf3764bfe3ff07caf55e641a0b45234
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c2152a858c0ce4d2bff6ca8c1d5b0ef9f2cbdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3fe30e57649c551757a02e1cad073c47e1e075e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1850f663da64842614c86b20fe734be070c2ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f21c3fdb96833aac2f533506899fe38c19cf49d5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22991.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22991