fs/ntfs3: validate dirty page table on log replay
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: validate dirty page table on log replay Each DIR_PAGE_ENTRY ends in a page_lcns[] array whose length is the on-disk lcns_follow field. check_rstbl() validates the table bookkeeping but never checks that this array fits in the entry, so a crafted lcns_follow lets the v0->v1 conversion memmove and later replay passes run off the entry. Add check_dp_table() to reject, right after check_rstbl(), any entry larger than its size claims via struct_size() (the same expression used to allocate these entries, so the check is overflow-safe by construction). All consumers can then trust lcns_follow as the real capacity. This covers every page_lcns[] access whose index is bounded by the entry itself (the conversion memmove, the HotFix store via find_dp(), and the self-bounded scan loops). Accesses whose index comes from the log record need a separate bound and are handled in a follow-up patch.
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 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89617
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfmm-7qwj-299m
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e07ea2fc45a7b4757ef7bf1f692cc0180a08323
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e90b1703ee1a04cd3e9e399353fc536f5f3ba10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d23155634a4bc1183e761d5eb2c043b2e693cc98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1200c2779c43b62656ccbb67df9468a7a9af2484
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d94ffc9d7b5bb3517b129fe63b52d84bcd4ae56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0908da07c23be4f94b99dfd9a94765525f0fe4bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006cb7713dec10368e699abc4367e5faa334c9a5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89617 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89617 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfmm-7qwj-299m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89617 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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