CVE-2024-53685

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.35-6.12.7 - Denial of Service via ceph_mdsc_build_path Infinite Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: give up on paths longer than PATH_MAX If the full path to be built by ceph_mdsc_build_path() happens to be longer than PATH_MAX, then this function will enter an endless (retry) loop, effectively blocking the whole task. Most of the machine becomes unusable, making this a very simple and effective DoS vulnerability. I cannot imagine why this retry was ever implemented, but it seems rather useless and harmful to me. Let's remove it and fail with ENAMETOOLONG instead.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel 2.6.34 - 5.10.234linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.177linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.125linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.70linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.7linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.34
Linux/Linux 2.6.34
Linux/Linux 5.10.234 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.177 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.125 - 6.1.*
... and 12 more
Published Jan 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026