CVE-2026-52960 ceph: put folios not suitable for writeback

High 7.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel's Ceph filesystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-52960?

CVE-2026-52960 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

ceph: put folios not suitable for writeback

The batch holds references to the folios (see `filemap_get_folios`, `folio_batch_release`), so we need to `folio_put` the folios we remove.

Tested on v6.18.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-52960?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-52960?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-52960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-52960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-52960, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52960, GHSA-928w-8whm-4cq9, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-52960, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-52960, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52960.

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