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CVE-2026-72197

fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmove length

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmove length In do_action()'s DeleteIndexEntryAllocation case, e->size comes from an on-disk INDEX_BUFFER entry. When e->size makes e + e->size point past hdr + hdr->used, PtrOffset(e1, Add2Ptr(hdr, used)) returns a negative ptrdiff_t that is silently cast to a quasi-infinite size_t when passed to memmove(). The memmove then walks past the destination buffer. The sibling DeleteIndexEntryRoot case at fslog.c:3540-3543 already carries the corresponding guard: if (PtrOffset(e1, Add2Ptr(hdr, used)) < esize || Add2Ptr(e, esize) > Add2Ptr(lrh, rec_len) || used + esize > le32_to_cpu(hdr->total)) { goto dirty_vol; } Apply the same shape to the allocation-path case. Also reject esize == 0: memmove(e, e, ...) is a no-op and leaves hdr->used unchanged, hiding a malformed entry from the existing check_index_header() walk. Reproduced under UML+KASAN on mainline 8d90b09e6741 by mounting a crafted NTFS image: the unguarded memmove takes a length of 0xffffffffffffff00 and the kernel oopses in memmove+0x81/0x1a0 on the do_action+0x36a2 frame. [almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: clang-formatted the changes]

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in c38ed2ab62fab75fd6d0fdc2bee540fbebc7b959; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in b509b9613f20dc5b653d54bf78fab00d79cc43c8; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in 4c8aac931c1cd70347961ba5157aa916448c6a25; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in f383aae59ec3994c14804f4191c59038b206be81; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in 09fddd52c1b0cef2c086d61be8f3d5dc92e36565; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in 554700c65d398276cb00a8ef95f1d5e00b9eff93; From b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 · fixed in fc4626bb3656362de8b0ecd56605d47a19ec3518

  • Linux Linux

    5.15

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.15.0 · fixed in 5.15.212; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.178; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.145; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.97; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.40; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.5

References 7

git.kernel.org