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.
References
Configurations
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History
08 Oct 2026, 17:54
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e2ae47b8ebc632c27e7843a4632d9a7c060885e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8504fc1245f5322af5fa5c325ab05f9cf792b87 - Patch | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.1 |
| CWE | CWE-125 |
25 Sep 2026, 11:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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
