{"id":"AZL-88445","summary":"CVE-2026-46052 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.141.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nceph: only d_add() negative dentries when they are unhashed\n\nCeph can call d_add(dentry, NULL) on a negative dentry that is already\npresent in the primary dcache hash.\n\nIn the current VFS that is not safe.  d_add() goes through __d_add()\nto __d_rehash(), which unconditionally reinserts dentry-\u003ed_hash into\nthe hlist_bl bucket.  If the dentry is already hashed, reinserting the\nsame node can corrupt the bucket, including creating a self-loop.\nOnce that happens, __d_lookup() can spin forever in the hlist_bl walk,\ntypically looping only on the d_name.hash mismatch check and\neventually triggering RCU stall reports like this one:\n\n rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU\n rcu:         87-....: (2100 ticks this GP) idle=3a4c/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=25003319/25003319 fqs=829\n rcu:         (t=2101 jiffies g=79058445 q=698988 ncpus=192)\n CPU: 87 UID: 2952868916 PID: 3933303 Comm: php-cgi8.3 Not tainted 6.18.17-i1-amd #950 NONE\n Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7615/0G9DHV, BIOS 1.6.6 09/22/2023\n RIP: 0010:__d_lookup+0x46/0xb0\n Code: c1 e8 07 48 8d 04 c2 48 8b 00 49 89 fc 49 89 f5 48 89 c3 48 83 e3 fe 48 83 f8 01 77 0f eb 2d 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 1b 48 85 db \u003c74\u003e 20 39 6b 18 75 f3 48 8d 7b 78 e8 ba 85 d0 00 4c 39 63 10 74 1f\n RSP: 0018:ff745a70c8253898 EFLAGS: 00000282\n RAX: ff26e470054cb208 RBX: ff26e470054cb208 RCX: 000000006e958966\n RDX: ff26e48267340000 RSI: ff745a70c82539b0 RDI: ff26e458f74655c0\n RBP: 000000006e958966 R08: 0000000000000180 R09: 9cd08d909b919a89\n R10: ff26e458f74655c0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ff26e458f74655c0\n R13: ff745a70c82539b0 R14: d0d0d0d0d0d0d0d0 R15: 2f2f2f2f2f2f2f2f\n FS:  00007f5770896980(0000) GS:ff26e482c5d88000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 00007f5764de50c0 CR3: 000000a72abb5001 CR4: 0000000000771ef0\n PKRU: 55555554\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  lookup_fast+0x9f/0x100\n  walk_component+0x1f/0x150\n  link_path_walk+0x20e/0x3d0\n  path_lookupat+0x68/0x180\n  filename_lookup+0xdc/0x1e0\n  vfs_statx+0x6c/0x140\n  vfs_fstatat+0x67/0xa0\n  __do_sys_newfstatat+0x24/0x60\n  do_syscall_64+0x6a/0x230\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nThis is reachable with reused cached negative dentries.  A Ceph lookup\nor atomic_open can be handed a negative dentry that is already hashed,\nand fs/ceph/dir.c then hits one of two paths that incorrectly assume\n\"negative\" also means \"unhashed\":\n\n  - ceph_finish_lookup():\n      MDS reply is -ENOENT with no trace\n      -\u003e d_add(dentry, NULL)\n\n  - ceph_lookup():\n      local ENOENT fast path for a complete directory with shared caps\n      -\u003e d_add(dentry, NULL)\n\nBoth paths can therefore re-add an already-hashed negative dentry.\n\nCeph already uses the correct pattern elsewhere: ceph_fill_trace() only\ncalls d_add(dn, NULL) for a negative null-dentry reply when d_unhashed(dn)\nis true.\n\nFix both fs/ceph/dir.c sites the same way: only call d_add() for a\nnegative dentry when it is actually unhashed.  If the negative dentry\nis already hashed, leave it in place and reuse it as-is.\n\nThis preserves the existing behavior for unhashed dentries while\navoiding d_hash list corruption for reused hashed negatives.","modified":"2026-08-28T17:47:37.475649076Z","published":"2026-05-27T14:17:24Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-46052"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46052"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.141.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-88445.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}