Vulnerability · Published Jan 11, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53685ceph: give up on paths longer than PATH_MAX

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-headers6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:61887
Debian:12linux6.1.128-1DSA-5860-1
Debian:12linux6.1.128-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53685
Debian:13linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53685
Debian:14linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-135.146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-60.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-60.63USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1080.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1029.31USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1084.93UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1029.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1029.34USN-7513-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1USN-7513-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1084.93.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1016.17USN-7522-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1079.88UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1030.32USN-7515-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1030.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1USN-7515-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1077.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1025.29USN-7515-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1025.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1062.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1012.14USN-7515-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63~22.04.1USN-7513-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1072.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1026.26USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1026.26~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1076.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-135.146UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-60.63.1USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-60.63.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1074.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1028.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1028.31USN-7514-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1USN-7514-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1028.31.1USN-7514-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1028.31.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1028.28USN-7513-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1077.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1026.27USN-7513-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1026.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1USN-7513-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1074.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-60.63.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-62.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1044.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53685

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before 0f2b2d9e881c90402dbe28f9ba831775b7992e1f9030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before d42ad3f161a5a487f81915c406f46943c7187a0a9030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before e4b168c64da06954be5d520f6c16469b1cadc0699030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before c47ed91156daf328601d02b58d52d9804da541089030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before 99a37ab76a315c8307eb5b0dc095d8ad9d8efeaa9030aaf9bf0a1eee47a154c316c789e959638b0f – before 550f7ca98ee028a606aa75705a7e77b1bd11720f
Linux Linux 2.6.34

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