In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
libceph: refresh auth->authorizer_buf{,_len} after authorizer update
cephxcreateauthorizer() caches au->buf->vec.iovbase and au->buf->vec.iovlen in struct cephauth_handshake. These cached values are then used by the messenger connect code when sending the authorizer.
cephxupdateauthorizer() can rebuild the authorizer when a newer service ticket is available. If the rebuilt authorizer no longer fits in the existing buffer, cephxbuildauthorizer() drops its reference to au->buf and allocates a new one. If this is the final reference, cephbufferput() frees the old cephbuffer and its vec.iovbase, but auth->authorizer_buf still points at that freed memory.
A subsequent msgr1 reconnect can therefore queue the stale pointer and trigger a KASAN slab-use-after-free in copyfromiter() while tcpsendmsg() copies the authorizer.
Refresh auth->authorizerbuf and auth->authorizerbuf_len after a successful authorizer rebuild so the messenger sends the current buffer.
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