fs/ntfs3: Enhance the attribute size check

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-53486
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-01 12:15:51 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:19:08 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Enhance the attribute size check This combines the overflow and boundary check so that all attribute size will be properly examined while enumerating them. [ 169.181521] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.183161] Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880094b6240 by task mount/247 [ 169.184046] [ 169.184925] CPU: 0 PID: 247 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7+ #3 [ 169.185908] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 169.187066] Call Trace: [ 169.187492] <TASK> [ 169.188049] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 [ 169.188495] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689 [ 169.188964] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.189331] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130 [ 169.189714] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.190079] __asan_load1+0x51/0x60 [ 169.190634] run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 [ 169.191290] ? run_pack+0x840/0x840 [ 169.191569] ? run_lookup_entry+0xb3/0x1f0 [ 169.192443] ? mi_enum_attr+0x20a/0x230 [ 169.192886] run_unpack_ex+0xad/0x3e0 [ 169.193276] ? run_unpack+0x570/0x570 [ 169.193557] ? ni_load_mi+0x80/0x80 [ 169.193889] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 169.194236] ? mi_init+0x4a/0x70 [ 169.194496] attr_load_runs_vcn+0x166/0x1c0 [ 169.194851] ? attr_data_write_resident+0x250/0x250 [ 169.195188] mi_read+0x133/0x2c0 [ 169.195481] ntfs_iget5+0x277/0x1780 [ 169.196017] ? call_rcu+0x1c7/0x330 [ 169.196392] ? ntfs_get_block_bmap+0x70/0x70 [ 169.196708] ? evict+0x223/0x280 [ 169.197014] ? __kmalloc+0x33/0x540 [ 169.197305] ? wnd_init+0x15b/0x1b0 [ 169.197599] ntfs_fill_super+0x1026/0x1ba0 [ 169.197994] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 169.198299] ? vsprintf+0x20/0x20 [ 169.198583] ? mutex_unlock+0x81/0xd0 [ 169.198930] ? set_blocksize+0x95/0x150 [ 169.199269] get_tree_bdev+0x232/0x370 [ 169.199750] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ 169.200094] ntfs_fs_get_tree+0x15/0x20 [ 169.200431] vfs_get_tree+0x4c/0x130 [ 169.200714] path_mount+0x654/0xfe0 [ 169.201067] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.201358] ? finish_automount+0x2e0/0x2e0 [ 169.201965] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.202445] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1c4/0x440 [ 169.203075] ? putname+0x80/0xa0 [ 169.203414] do_mount+0xd6/0xf0 [ 169.203719] ? path_mount+0xfe0/0xfe0 [ 169.203977] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 169.204382] __x64_sys_mount+0xca/0x110 [ 169.204711] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 169.205059] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 169.205571] RIP: 0033:0x7f67a80e948a [ 169.206327] Code: 48 8b 0d 11 fa 2a 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 008 [ 169.208296] RSP: 002b:00007ffddf020f58 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5 [ 169.209253] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055e2547a6060 RCX: 00007f67a80e948a [ 169.209777] RDX: 000055e2547a6260 RSI: 000055e2547a62e0 RDI: 000055e2547aeaf0 [ 169.210342] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 000055e2547a6280 R09: 0000000000000020 [ 169.210843] R10: 00000000c0ed0000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000055e2547aeaf0 [ 169.211307] R13: 000055e2547a6260 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff [ 169.211913] </TASK> [ 169.212304] [ 169.212680] Allocated by task 0: [ 169.212963] (stack is not available) [ 169.213200] [ 169.213472] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880094b5e00 [ 169.213472] which belongs to the cache UDP of size 1152 [ 169.214095] The buggy address is located 1088 bytes inside of [ 169.214095] 1152-byte region [ffff8880094b5e00, ffff8880094b6280) [ 169.214639] [ 169.215004] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 169.215766] page:000000002e324c8c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x94b4 [ 169.218412] head:000000002e324c8c order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 [ 169.219078] flags: 0xfffffc0010200(slab|head|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 169.220272] raw: 000fffffc0010200 ---truncated---

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e 1fd5b80c9339503f3eaa4db3051b37ac506beeab git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e 277439e7cabd9d4c6334b39a4b99d49b4c97265b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e f28d9e02c2c242e8f9af9e13ba263fcc0211be49 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e 4f082a7531223a438c757bb20e304f4c941c67a8 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.15 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.113 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.80 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.3.4 6.3.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.4 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd5b80c9339503f3eaa4db3051b37ac506beeab 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f082a7531223a438c757bb20e304f4c941c67a8 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/f28d9e02c2c242e8f9af9e13ba263fcc0211be49 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/277439e7cabd9d4c6334b39a4b99d49b4c97265b 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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