ntfs: take invalidate_lock in ntfs_setattr_size()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The NTFS driver's ntfs_setattr_size() changes i_size and resizes the on-disk attribute without holding mapping->invalidate_lock. A page fault racing the resize can resolve a VCN against transient runlist state and fail with a spurious SIGBUS. The Linux kernel is affected from 7.1, and fixes are available in 7.2.13 and 7.3.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: take invalidate_lock in ntfs_setattr_size() ntfs_setattr_size() updates i_size and resizes the on-disk attribute without holding mapping->invalidate_lock. Page faults take the lock shared, so a fault racing the resize can resolve a VCN against the transient runlist state of ntfs_non_resident_attr_expand() and fail with a spurious SIGBUS, and can interleave with the size-change epilogue (truncate_pagecache(), i_size_write(), pagecache_isize_extended()). Take invalidate_lock exclusively around the whole resize after inode_dio_wait(), matching the fallocate path and other filesystems such as xfs, which wraps truncate in its mmaplock (= invalidate_lock).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update to Linux kernel 7.2.13 or 7.3. The fix takes invalidate_lock exclusively around the whole resize in ntfs_setattr_size(), after inode_dio_wait().
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 7.2.13, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99102
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-pchj-j532-7cm6
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99102 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99102 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pchj-j532-7cm6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99102 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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