fs/ntfs3: validate lcns_follow in log_replay conversion
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 lcns_follow in log_replay conversion log_replay() converts DIR_PAGE_ENTRY_32 records into DIR_PAGE_ENTRY records when replaying version 0 restart tables. During this conversion, the memmove() length is derived directly from the on-disk lcns_follow field: memmove(&dp->vcn, &dp0->vcn_low, 2 * sizeof(u64) + le32_to_cpu(dp->lcns_follow) * sizeof(u64)); check_rstbl() validates restart table structure, but does not constrain per-entry lcns_follow values relative to the entry size. A malformed filesystem image can provide an oversized lcns_follow value, causing the conversion memmove() to access memory beyond the bounds of the allocated restart table buffer. The same field is later used to bound iteration over page_lcns[], so validating lcns_follow during conversion also prevents downstream out-of-bounds access from the same malformed metadata. Compute the maximum valid lcns_follow from the already-validated restart table entry size and reject entries that exceed this bound. Reuse the existing t16/t32 scratch variables already declared in log_replay() to avoid introducing new declarations. [[email protected]: fixed the conflicts]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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: Low. 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-2026-64533
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hvv2-rwwx-6q3h
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca343a99806b4fc8e27c48f08be3445c5fcd1445
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddfc8683e1a627dbf1b83bacf8961443dd654258
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c071e2c4f30b9c6f5aacb6679aab1269fbae99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/159f694d682e4215b3822ae31ed3a4631628fe55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7adb38279812c9c06b0e3fa7382f4d7887f3fa2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b9f8733feb241627fa5f564b1a99b5cae974c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4c53a2e26a865565bd6a460961e8d6fcb32329
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Sources
- CVE-2026-64533 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64533 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hvv2-rwwx-6q3h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64533 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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