Medium 5.5Published May 8, 2026

CVE-2026-43419ceph: fix memory leaks in ceph_mdsc_build_path()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:40 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leaks in ceph_mdsc_build_path() Add __putname() calls to error code paths that did not free the "path" pointer obtained by __getname(). If ownership of this pointer is not passed to the caller via path_info.path, the function must free it before returning.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 3fd945a79e147ee10f84213976889b29049c3519 before 657dc653b06a3cc0282aea447a3f137fa94066a4; from 3fd945a79e147ee10f84213976889b29049c3519 before 5895d0164c84d7fec6abc198920c257f55c51899; from 3fd945a79e147ee10f84213976889b29049c3519 before 097cd68f46686391a98f2618188f0cb7b7570de2; from 3fd945a79e147ee10f84213976889b29049c3519 before 13b8b9d6f59ef17fb96c298c3a0d62a8306950cc; from 3fd945a79e147ee10f84213976889b29049c3519 before 040d159a45ded7f33201421a81df0aa2a86e5a0b; 0f2b2d9e881c90402dbe28f9ba831775b7992e1f; d42ad3f161a5a487f81915c406f46943c7187a0a; e4b168c64da06954be5d520f6c16469b1cadc069; and 3 more ranges	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.10.234 before 5.11; from 5.15.177 before 5.16; from 6.1.125 before 6.2; from 6.6 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.78; from 6.13 before 6.18.19; from 6.19 before 6.19.9; 7.0; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/657dc653b06a3cc0282aea447a3f137fa94066a4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5895d0164c84d7fec6abc198920c257f55c51899	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097cd68f46686391a98f2618188f0cb7b7570de2	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b8b9d6f59ef17fb96c298c3a0d62a8306950cc	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d159a45ded7f33201421a81df0aa2a86e5a0b	patch

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