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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.4 High

CVE-2026-72197

fs/ntfs3: bound DeleteIndexEntryAllocation memmove length

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]

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < c38ed2ab62fab75fd6d0fdc2bee540fbebc7b959affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < b509b9613f20dc5b653d54bf78fab00d79cc43c8affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < 4c8aac931c1cd70347961ba5157aa916448c6a25affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < f383aae59ec3994c14804f4191c59038b206be81affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < 09fddd52c1b0cef2c086d61be8f3d5dc92e36565affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < 554700c65d398276cb00a8ef95f1d5e00b9eff93affected
  • b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 to < fc4626bb3656362de8b0ecd56605d47a19ec3518affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.15affected
  • 0 to < 5.15unaffected
  • 5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References