HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-46066
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CVE-2026-46066

Published: May 27, 2026· Updated: May 27, 2026

EPSS:0.02%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:4.3th

Official Description

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

ceph: fix num_ops off-by-one when crypto allocation fails

move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() may fail if the file is encrypted, the

dirty folio is not the first in the batch, and it fails to allocate a

bounce buffer to hold the ciphertext. When that happens,

ceph_process_folio_batch() simply redirties the folio and flushes the

current batch -- it can retry that folio in a future batch.

However, if this failed folio is not contiguous with the last folio that

did make it into the batch, then ceph_process_folio_batch() has already

incremented `ceph_wbc->num_ops`; because it doesn't follow through and

add the discontiguous folio to the array, ceph_submit_write() -- which

expects that `ceph_wbc->num_ops` accurately reflects the number of

contiguous ranges (and therefore the required number of "write extent"

ops) in the writeback -- will panic the kernel:

BUG_ON(ceph_wbc->op_idx + 1 != req->r_num_ops);

This issue can be reproduced on affected kernels by writing to

fscrypt-enabled CephFS file(s) with a 4KiB-written/4KiB-skipped/repeat

pattern (total filesize should not matter) and gradually increasing the

system's memory pressure until a bounce buffer allocation fails.

Fix this crash by decrementing `ceph_wbc->num_ops` back to the correct

value when move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() fails, but the folio already

started counting a new (i.e. still-empty) extent.

The defect corrected by this patch has existed since 2022 (see first

`Fixes:`), but another bug blocked multi-folio encrypted writeback until

recently (see second `Fixes:`). The second commit made it into 6.18.16,

6.19.6, and 7.0-rc1, unmasking the panic in those versions. This patch

therefore fixes a regression (panic) introduced by cac190c7674f.

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Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-46066 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
Linux
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

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Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-46066
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.02%
PublishedMay 27, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
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