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AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Mounting a crafted NTFS image needs mount privilege (PR:L, local vector); the flaw is a read-only OOB causing a crash (A:H) with limited slab leak (C:L) and no integrity impact (I:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: fix out-of-bounds read in read_log_rec_buf()
read_log_rec_buf() copies a log record into a caller buffer starting at
u32 off = lsn_to_page_off(log, lsn) + log->record_header_len;
log->record_header_len (and log->data_off, used for the following pages) comes verbatim from the on-disk restart area and is only checked for 8-byte alignment in is_rst_area_valid(), so off can exceed log->page_size. "tail = log->page_size - off" then underflows and memcpy() reads past the page_size-sized buffer returned by read_log_page(), spilling adjacent slab memory into the replay buffer.
This is reachable by mounting a crafted NTFS image:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in read_log_rec_buf+0x216/0x580 Read of size 64 at addr ffff88800a877ff8 by task exploit/127 read_log_rec_buf fs/ntfs3/fslog.c:2299 log_replay fs/ntfs3/fslog.c:4216 ntfs_loadlog_and_replay fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c:324 ntfs_fill_super fs/ntfs3/super.c:1392 get_tree_bdev_flags fs/super.c:1694 __x64_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4360 The buggy address is located 4088 bytes to the right of the 4096-byte region [ffff88800a876000, ffff88800a877000)
Reject an in-page offset outside the current page before the copy.
[almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: replaced the >= sign with >]
AnalysisAI
Mounting a crafted NTFS image on a Linux system with the ntfs3 driver loaded triggers an out-of-bounds read in read_log_rec_buf(), causing a kernel crash and possible disclosure of adjacent slab memory into the log replay buffer. This is a local-only issue that requires the attacker to get the malicious volume mounted, either through physical media with an active automount daemon or a process/user holding mount privileges such as CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and no public exploit was identified at the time of analysis. …
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| Exploitation | Requires the ntfs3 filesystem driver to be built/loaded and the ability to get the system to mount an attacker-crafted NTFS image containing a malformed $LogFile restart area (record_header_len/data_off exceeding page_size). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 8.4) overstates real-world risk for this flaw. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released fixes are available in Linux stable releases 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, and 7.3-rc1; apply the update for your branch and reference the upstream commits at https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df099bfdb57773ba7f40f8a9dcc82e75af277922, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b2d31f1083beb80c55d1152249f652c1445a559, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700973cc65db405bde0368ccf88699390150943e, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f7cbc902b08b56eb7d2633163ecc57a0e7145a, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74a83aa05f73033af719771ab1f0c269928b4865, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53e56f7aa1d0f950a8bc2e4cdb3ba9fe45967531, and https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de603b9d377fab57a5e6432fa84a9f36b32c1636. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, inventory Linux systems running the ntfs3 driver and identify those with removable media automounting or users/processes holding mount privileges such as CAP_SYS_ADMIN; apply vendor patches where feasible by upgrading to fixed kernels 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, or 7.3-rc1, and if immediate patching is not possible, disable the ntfs3 module or block automounting of untrusted NTFS volumes and restrict mount capabilities. …
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