CVE-2026-98136

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: bound $AttrDef table walk to the loaded table size ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef() walks the in-memory $AttrDef table, but the loop condition bounds only the start of each entry, not the whole entry: for (ad = vol->attrdef; (u8 *)ad - (u8 *)vol->attrdef < vol->attrdef_size && ad->type; ++ad) struct attr_def is 160 bytes; the guard reads ad->type at offset 128 and the loop body reads further fields. vol->attrdef is kvzalloc(i_size), where i_size is the on-disk $AttrDef data size, checked in load_and_init_attrdef() only as 0 < i_size <= 0x7fffffff. A volume whose $AttrDef data size is smaller than one entry (e.g. 120 bytes) makes the read of ad->type run past the allocation. Creating a file reaches this through ntfs_attr_size_bounds_check() and reads out of bounds: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef+0x66/0xa0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888005833280 by task init/1 ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef ntfs_attr_size_bounds_check ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident ntfs_attr_add Require the whole entry to lie within attrdef_size in the loop guard, and reject at mount a $AttrDef too small to hold one attr_def entry.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Oct 2026, 17:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e2ae47b8ebc632c27e7843a4632d9a7c060885e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e2ae47b8ebc632c27e7843a4632d9a7c060885e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8504fc1245f5322af5fa5c325ab05f9cf792b87 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8504fc1245f5322af5fa5c325ab05f9cf792b87 - Patch
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.1
CWE CWE-125

25 Sep 2026, 11:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-25 11:17

Updated : 2026-10-19 10:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-98136

Mitre link : CVE-2026-98136

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-98136


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read