fs/ntfs3: bound NTFS_DE view.data_off in UpdateRecordData{Root,Allocation}
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: bound NTFS_DE view.data_off in UpdateRecordData{Root,Allocation} In do_action()'s UpdateRecordDataRoot (fslog.c:3489) and UpdateRecordDataAllocation (fslog.c:3697) cases, the memmove destination is `Add2Ptr(e, le16_to_cpu(e->view.data_off))`, where e->view.data_off comes from an on-disk NTFS_DE inside an INDEX_ROOT or INDEX_BUFFER. Neither case validates view.data_off + dlen against e->size; the existing check_if_index_root / check_if_alloc_index helpers walk the entry chain and validate the entry's offset, but not its internal view fields. The neighbouring read sites (e.g., fs/ntfs3/index.c when iterating view entries) check view.data_off + view.data_size <= e->size. Apply the same bound at the two memmove sites. Reproduced under UML+KASAN on mainline 8d90b09e6741 via pr_warn-only probe instrumentation: with view.data_off forced to 0xFFFC, the memmove writes 32 bytes past the end of the NTFS_DE. This is similar in shape to Pavitra Jha's 2026-05-02 patch "fs/ntfs3: prevent oob in case UpdateRecordDataRoot" (<[email protected]>) which proposes calling ntfs3_bad_de_range(); that helper does not exist in mainline. This patch uses inline checks.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
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-2026-64532
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mf8-7864-ff29
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b20e5a709d8bd190d6e4645606763c7423e694c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d41b382068ca4e64e421f736cdd700095464b6ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/429d653ca641d38a78609b8f62e81a0a5c780a2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/315d3a9a48b49f889da3d858a9307e677cb9e1bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be306b8d9143a9c076c804a7ca025d69caf9c448
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36feda687afebae24c472202694448738809c411
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e127829e57f5190f612412ece4541cb96d5ec7a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64532 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64532 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4mf8-7864-ff29 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64532 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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