[PATCH 3/4] ceph: bound num_export_targets array for mds info v2/v3
From: Michael Bommarito
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 14:14:54 EST
ceph_mdsmap_decode() in fs/ceph/mdsmap.c reads num_export_targets from
each per-mds info record and advances the decode cursor by
num_export_targets * sizeof(u32) without first checking that many bytes
remain. The only upper-bound check that catches a runaway cursor
(*p > info_end) is gated on info_v >= 4, because info_end is left NULL
for info_v 2 and 3. When the monitor sends an MDS map whose per-mds
info version is 2 or 3 with an oversized num_export_targets, the cursor
moves past the message front buffer and the later export-targets loop
calls the unchecked ceph_decode_32() on out-of-bounds memory.
A kernel client processes CEPH_MSG_MDS_MAP from its monitor session
(net/ceph/mon_client.c dispatches it; fs/ceph/super.c routes it to
ceph_mdsc_handle_mdsmap(), which sets end to the front buffer bound and
calls ceph_mdsmap_decode()). A malicious or compromised monitor, or an
on-path attacker on an unsigned/unencrypted messenger session, can
therefore drive an out-of-bounds read in the client kernel; on x86_64
with KASAN it is reported as a slab-out-of-bounds read in
ceph_mdsmap_decode(). The decoded values land in the internal
info->export_targets[] array, so the consequence is a kernel
out-of-bounds read, not an information leak to the attacker.
Impact: a malicious or compromised Ceph monitor sending an MDS map with
a per-mds info version of 2 or 3 and an oversized num_export_targets
field triggers an out-of-bounds read in the CephFS client kernel.
Add a ceph_decode_need() for num_export_targets * sizeof(u32) before
advancing the cursor, so the bound is enforced for every info_v >= 2,
not only info_v >= 4. This mirrors the count-then-need idiom already
used for m_data_pg_pools later in the same function.
Fixes: d463a43d69f4 ("ceph: CEPH_FEATURE_MDSENC support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/mdsmap.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
index d8e46eb7e5eb5..7cb65f9f4783c 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, void **p,
*p += namelen;
if (info_v >= 2) {
ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, num_export_targets, bad);
+ ceph_decode_need(p, end,
+ num_export_targets * sizeof(u32), bad);
pexport_targets = *p;
*p += num_export_targets * sizeof(u32);
} else {
--
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