CVE-2025-40362

CVE-2025-40362

High · published December 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue

The mds auth caps check should also validate the

fsname along with the associated caps. Not doing

so would result in applying the mds auth caps of

one fs on to the other fs in a multifs ceph cluster.

The bug causes multiple issues w.r.t user

authentication, following is one such example.

Steps to Reproduce (on vstart cluster):

1. Create two file systems in a cluster, say 'fsname1' and 'fsname2'

2. Authorize read only permission to the user 'client.usr' on fs 'fsname1'

$ceph fs authorize fsname1 client.usr / r

3. Authorize read and write permission to the same user 'client.usr' on fs 'fsname2'

$ceph fs authorize fsname2 client.usr / rw

4. Update the keyring

$ceph auth get client.usr >> ./keyring

With above permssions for the user 'client.usr', following is the

expectation.

a. The 'client.usr' should be able to only read the contents

and not allowed to create or delete files on file system 'fsname1'.

b. The 'client.usr' should be able to read/write on file system 'fsname2'.

But, with this bug, the 'client.usr' is allowed to read/write on file

system 'fsname1'. See below.

5. Mount the file system 'fsname1' with the user 'client.usr'

$sudo bin/mount.ceph [email protected]=/ /kmnt_fsname1_usr/

6. Try creating a file on file system 'fsname1' with user 'client.usr'. This

should fail but passes with this bug.

$touch /kmnt_fsname1_usr/file1

7. Mount the file system 'fsname1' with the user 'client.admin' and create a

file.

$sudo bin/mount.ceph [email protected]=/ /kmnt_fsname1_admin

$echo "data" > /kmnt_fsname1_admin/admin_file1

8. Try removing an existing file on file system 'fsname1' with the user

'client.usr'. This shoudn't succeed but succeeds with the bug.

$rm -f /kmnt_fsname1_usr/admin_file1

For more information, please take a look at the corresponding mds/fuse patch

and tests added by looking into the tracker mentioned below.

v2: Fix a possible null dereference in doutc

v3: Don't store fsname from mdsmap, validate against

ceph_mount_options's fsname and use it

v4: Code refactor, better warning message and

fix possible compiler warning

[ Slava.Dubeyko: "fsname check failed" -> "fsname mismatch" ]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00163 · 5.3th percentile
Published
2025-12-16T19:15Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 DEC 13:40Z
    ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue
    cvelistv5