# CVE-2022-49553: fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors\_per\_clusters

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors_per_clusters When the NTFS BOOT sectors_per_clusters field is > 0x80, it represents a shift value. Make sure that the shift value is not too large before using it (NTFS max cluster size is 2MB). Return -EVINVAL if it too large. This prevents negative shift values and shift values that are larger than the field size. Prevents this UBSAN error: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ../fs/ntfs3/super.c:673:16 shift exponent -192 is negative

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260

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