CVE-2026-43420 | ceph: fix i_nlink underrun during async unlink

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix i_nlink underrun during async unlink During async unlink, we drop the `i_nlink` counter before we receive the completion (that will eventually update the `i_nlink`) because "we assume that the unlink will succeed". That is not a bad idea, but it races against deletions by other clients (or against the completion of our own unlink) and can lead to an underrun which emits a WARNING like this one: WARNING: CPU: 85 PID: 25093 at fs/inode.c:407 drop_nlink+0x50/0x68 Modules linked in: CPU: 85 UID: 3221252029 PID: 25093 Comm: php-cgi8.1 Not tainted 6.14.11-cm4all1-ampere #655 Hardware name: Supermicro ARS-110M-NR/R12SPD-A, BIOS 1.1b 10/17/2023 pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : drop_nlink+0x50/0x68 lr : ceph_unlink+0x6c4/0x720 sp : ffff80012173bc90 x29: ffff80012173bc90 x28: ffff086d0a45aaf8 x27: ffff0871d0eb5680 x26: ffff087f2a64a718 x25: 0000020000000180 x24: 0000000061c88647 x23: 0000000000000002 x22: ffff07ff9236d800 x21: 0000000000001203 x20: ffff07ff9237b000 x19: ffff088b8296afc0 x18: 00000000f3c93365 x17: 0000000000070000 x16: ffff08faffcbdfe8 x15: ffff08faffcbdfec x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 45445f65645f3037 x12: 34385f6369706f74 x11: 0000a2653104bb20 x10: ffffd85f26d73290 x9 : ffffd85f25664f94 x8 : 00000000000000c0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000002 x5 : 0000000000000081 x4 : 0000000000000481 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff08727d3f91e8 Call trace: drop_nlink+0x50/0x68 (P) vfs_unlink+0xb0/0x2e8 do_unlinkat+0x204/0x288 __arm64_sys_unlinkat+0x3c/0x80 invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x54/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0xa4/0xc8 el0_svc+0x18/0x58 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x104/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x154/0x158 In ceph_unlink(), a call to ceph_mdsc_submit_request() submits the CEPH_MDS_OP_UNLINK to the MDS, but does not wait for completion. Meanwhile, between this call and the following drop_nlink() call, a worker thread may process a CEPH_CAP_OP_IMPORT, CEPH_CAP_OP_GRANT or just a CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_REPLY (the latter of which could be our own completion). These will lead to a set_nlink() call, updating the `i_nlink` counter to the value received from the MDS. If that new `i_nlink` value happens to be zero, it is illegal to decrement it further. But that is exactly what ceph_unlink() will do then. The WARNING can be reproduced this way: 1. Force async unlink; only the async code path is affected. Having no real clue about Ceph internals, I was unable to find out why the MDS wouldn't give me the "Fxr" capabilities, so I patched get_caps_for_async_unlink() to always succeed. (Note that the WARNING dump above was found on an unpatched kernel, without this kludge - this is not a theoretical bug.) 2. Add a sleep call after ceph_mdsc_submit_request() so the unlink completion gets handled by a worker thread before drop_nlink() is called. This guarantees that the `i_nlink` is already zero before drop_nlink() runs. The solution is to skip the counter decrement when it is already zero, but doing so without a lock is still racy (TOCTOU). Since ceph_fill_inode() and handle_cap_grant() both hold the `ceph_inode_info.i_ceph_lock` spinlock while set_nlink() runs, this seems like the proper lock to protect the `i_nlink` updates. I found prior art in NFS and SMB (using `inode.i_lock`) and AFS (using `afs_vnode.cb_lock`). All three have the zero check as well.

公開: 2026-05-08 最終更新: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 ソース: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

総合評価: CVE-2026-43420 は低リスク(19.1/100)。CVSS 深刻度は中。悪用される可能性が高い(EPSS 0.09%、1 パーセンタイル) 推奨対応: 総合リスクは低く緊急対応は不要です。通常の保守サイクルでパッチを適用し、CVSS / EPSS が上昇したら優先度を見直してください。

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CVE-2026-43420 の EPSS(Exploit Prediction Scoring System)スコア

EPSS は日次で悪用されやすさの相対度合いを推定します。パーセンタイルは採点済み CVE の中での相対位置(高いほど相対的に深刻)を示します。

# 日付 旧 EPSS スコア 新 EPSS スコア Δ(新 − 旧)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.09% +0.07%
2 2026-05-09 0.02%

EPSS の全履歴 (全 2 件)

CVE-2026-43420 の CVSS(Common Vulnerability Scoring System)指標

この CVE の CVSS 指標。

ベーススコア バージョン 深刻度 ベクトル 悪用しやすさ 影響 スコアの出典
4.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H クリックして展開
攻撃ベクター (AV:L)
対象ホスト上でコードを実行できること、または別ユーザーの誤操作・悪意ある操作が前提になる。
攻撃の複雑さ (AC:H)
到達できても、タイミング・負荷・周辺設定など、揃わないと成功しない局面が多い。
必要な権限 (PR:L)
一般ユーザー権限があれば足り、管理者(root 相当)は不要。
ユーザーの関与 (UI:N)
メールのリンクを開く、マクロを有効にするなど、被害者の協力がなくても成立しうる。
スコープ (S:U)
影響は脆弱コンポーネントと同一のセキュリティ権限・信頼境界の内側に収まる。
機密性への影響 (C:N)
機微情報の漏えいは想定しにくい。
完全性への影響 (I:N)
改ざん・なりすましによる信頼毀損は軽微か、想定されない。
可用性への影響 (A:H)
長時間のサービス停止、データ損壊による復旧不能に近い状態など、利用者に著しい不便を与えうる。
1.0 3.6 [email protected]

CVE-2026-43420 の弱点分類(列挙)

CVE-2026-43420 の GitHub Security Advisory

GHSA-8frp-2m2w-wr4j · 深刻度: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix i_nlink underrun...

CVE-2026-43420 の OS トラッカー

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-43420 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43420
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43420
suse medium CVE-2026-43420 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 39 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0, … (8 product lines)): Known Not Affected 39. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43420/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-43420 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1048, ignored 169, needed 89, released 87, not-affected 55, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43420

CVE-2026-43420 の影響を受けるソフトウェア/構成

ベンダー 製品 バージョン 生の CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.7, < 5.10.253 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.203 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.167 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.130 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.78 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.19 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.9 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVE-2026-43420 の参考情報

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