Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-72196

Linux Linux

fs/ntfs3: bound copy_lcns dp->page_lcns[] index in analysis pass

CVSS 3.1
8.4High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: bound copy_lcns dp->page_lcns[] index in analysis pass In log_replay()'s analysis pass, after find_dp() returns a valid DIR_PAGE_ENTRY for the (target_attr, target_vcn) tuple, the copy_lcns block walks lrh->lcns_follow further entries: t16 = le16_to_cpu(lrh->lcns_follow); for (i = 0; i < t16; i++) { size_t j = (size_t)(le64_to_cpu(lrh->target_vcn) - le64_to_cpu(dp->vcn)); dp->page_lcns[j + i] = lrh->page_lcns[i]; } find_dp() only validates that target_vcn falls within [dp->vcn, dp->vcn + dp->lcns_follow), i.e., that the FIRST cluster is covered. The walk through the further entries is not bounded against dp->lcns_follow. For a malformed LRH where target_vcn = dp->vcn + dp->lcns_follow - 1 and lrh->lcns_follow > 1, the i > 0 writes overflow the dp's allocated page_lcns[] array. Add the missing j + lrh->lcns_follow <= dp->lcns_follow guard. Reproduced under UML+KASAN on mainline 8d90b09e6741 as a slab-out-of-bounds write of size 8 from log_replay+0x68d4 on the mount path. This is distinct from Pavitra Jha's 2026-05-02 patch ("fs/ntfs3: validate lcns_follow in log_replay conversion", <20260502154252.164586-1-jhapavitra98@gmail.com>) which addresses the separate version-0 dirty-page-table conversion path's memmove(&dp->vcn, ...) call. The two fixes are complementary; both should land. [almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: clang-formatted the changes, fixed conflicts]

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.4High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 5.15 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 9b7c28d8c61bdb041936222a09a708531a1c2921 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 0f13e823bf86bd1800168ea0bb5bca8b8500a81c CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 9b3d8cc9d54fcded4de51b2b1026ae7182512077 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 49c86dae0c0ccb8d98ddcdc46987259389c816dd CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 5e7b598660cfa8e5af172cf4c65cffc126333307 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < d240cd98f5f7b65c90f6b2b6abe3232ccdc405ab CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-15
Last updated
2026-10-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
8.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

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