CVE-2026-22992 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()
Currently any error from ceph_auth_handle_reply_done() is propagated
via finish_auth() but isn't returned from mon_handle_auth_done(). This
results in higher layers learning that (despite the monitor considering
us to be successfully authenticated) something went wrong in the
authentication phase and reacting accordingly, but msgr2 still trying
to proceed with estab…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxcd1a677cad994021b19665ed476aea63f5d54f31 — 77229551f2cf72f3e35636db68e6a825b912cf16+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
9OSV▶
linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-17