fs/ntfs3: resize log->one_page_buf when adopting on-disk page size
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: resize log->one_page_buf when adopting on-disk page size log_replay() allocates log->one_page_buf using the page size that was chosen from the host PAGE_SIZE: log->one_page_buf = kmalloc(log->page_size, GFP_NOFS); Later, when a restart area is found, the log page size recorded on disk is adopted: t32 = le32_to_cpu(log->rst_info.r_page->sys_page_size); if (log->page_size != t32) { log->l_size = log->orig_file_size; log->page_size = norm_file_page(t32, &log->l_size, t32 == DefaultLogPageSize); } If the on-disk page size is larger than the size used for the initial allocation, log->page_size grows but one_page_buf is left at its original, smaller size. A subsequent unaligned read_log_page() then reads log->page_size bytes into the undersized scratch buffer: page_buf = page_off ? log->one_page_buf : *buffer; err = ntfs_read_run_nb_ra(ni->mi.sbi, &ni->file.run, page_vbo, page_buf, log->page_size, NULL, &log->read_ahead); overflowing the allocation. This is reachable when mounting a dirty NTFS volume whose log was formatted with a page size larger than the buffer initially allocated on the mounting host (for example a 64K-log volume mounted on a host that allocated a 4K scratch buffer). Grow one_page_buf when the adopted on-disk page size exceeds the size used for the initial allocation. On krealloc() failure the original buffer is left intact and freed by the existing error path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 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-2026-72470
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxhq-w28g-hr4q
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@220a6ef5e89a11ffd5e490046b86dc9fb6da0e4b, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/220a6ef5e89a11ffd5e490046b86dc9fb6da0e4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2097a2537d9d1c29c0e20ed0dbf717a0ccd8f374
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1422df595d69b997d23a8f11e12c528ccef7fad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f129fc6f756f8541e5bff45b1804cc11b1ec712
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99444f6dfca893f6d310aae4a53c620f98f7b4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a35454179fe1041d9cd286f5d320ce0d448c12a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72470 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72470 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mxhq-w28g-hr4q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72470 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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