Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-72197

Linux Linux

fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmove length

CVSS 3.1
8.4High

Official description

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]

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 < b509b9613f20dc5b653d54bf78fab00d79cc43c8 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 4c8aac931c1cd70347961ba5157aa916448c6a25 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < f383aae59ec3994c14804f4191c59038b206be81 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < c38ed2ab62fab75fd6d0fdc2bee540fbebc7b959 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 554700c65d398276cb00a8ef95f1d5e00b9eff93 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < fc4626bb3656362de8b0ecd56605d47a19ec3518 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 ≤ v < 09fddd52c1b0cef2c086d61be8f3d5dc92e36565 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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