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

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.

Published: 2025-01-11 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-53685 is rated Low Risk (27.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-53685

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-15 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
2 2025-11-04 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-10-16 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-53685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-53685

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-53685

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-53685 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53685
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53685
suse medium CVE-2024-53685 severity moderate: SUSE including 417 source package names (2.1.3-4.43:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-24.1.21.4, 2.1.3-6.5:kernel-default-6.4.0-25.1, …), 794 product×package rows across 140 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (140 product lines)): Fixed 362, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 201. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53685/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-53685 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 168, ignored 151, not-affected 44, needed 43. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-53685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 2.6.35, < 5.10.234 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.177 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.125 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.70 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.34:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.13 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.13 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.13 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-53685

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