fs/ntfs3: validate rec->used in journal-replay file record check
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: validate rec->used in journal-replay file record check check_file_record() validates rec->total against the record size but never validates rec->used. The do_action() journal-replay handlers read rec->used from disk and use it to compute memmove lengths: DeleteAttribute: memmove(attr, ..., used - asize - roff) CreateAttribute: memmove(..., attr, used - roff) change_attr_size: memmove(..., used - PtrOffset(rec, next)) When rec->used is smaller than the offset of a validated attribute, or larger than the record size, these subtractions can underflow allowing us to copy huge amounts of memory in to a 4kb buffer, generally considered a bad idea overall. This requires a corrupted filesystem, which isn't a threat model the kernel really needs to worry about, but checking for such an obvious out-of-bounds value is good to keep things robust, especially on journal replay Fix this up by bounding rec->used correctly. This is much like commit b2bc7c44ed17 ("fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in DeleteIndexEntryRoot") which checked different values in this same switch statement.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.15 and later | 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 7.0.2, 7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.15 and later Fixed in 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 7.0.2, 7.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 7.0.2, 7.1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-31716
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vw9p-6cf6-hxfh
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Patch 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90b8a1798b750755a9e9aee66678f0a1820bbaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b1613d7e2deda831a97e427d1ea586e50fe1be5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0112e6279420d4005b3d57af36fb45c01b8d0116
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f79d0403ea20a81bc29105bba54fbcab54e8c403
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca0485e4b2e837ebb6cbd4f2451aba665a03e4b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-31716 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-31716 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vw9p-6cf6-hxfh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-31716 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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