CVE-2026-90048fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list()
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 0.72%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() ni_create_attr_list() allocates a fixed buffer of al_aligned(record_size) (== record_size) bytes and then walks every attribute of the primary MFT record, writing one ATTR_LIST_ENTRY per attribute and advancing the cursor by le_size(name_len), with no check against the end of the buffer; the total size is only computed after the loop. A minimum-size resident attribute occupies SIZEOF_RESIDENT (0x18 = 24) bytes on disk, but an unnamed attribute expands to le_size(0) (0x20 = 32) bytes in the list. Because the number of attributes in a record is not bounded (mi_enum_attr() accepts arbitrarily many equal-type, nameless minimum-size attributes), a crafted record packed with such attributes produces a list larger than record_size and overflows the heap buffer. This is reachable from a crafted, loop-mounted NTFS image: opening the file and adding an attribute (e.g. via setxattr) drives ntfs_set_ea() -> ni_insert_resident() -> ni_insert_attr() -> ni_ins_attr_ext() -> ni_create_attr_list(). BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 Write of size 4 at addr ffff000008984c00 by task setfattr/345 ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 ni_ins_attr_ext+0x510/0x7c0 ni_insert_attr+0x3f8/0x70c ni_insert_resident+0xc8/0x3b0 ntfs_set_ea+0x66c/0xd28 ntfs_setxattr+0x4d8/0x5b0 __arm64_sys_setxattr+0xa4/0x124 Allocated by task 345: ni_create_attr_list+0x188/0x1058 The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 (the write lands at object+1024). Size the buffer from the actual attributes instead of assuming a single record_size is always enough.
Timeline
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- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 44 days later
· 44 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 45% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < 3a38f3c71bcd9bd58d86489c364bd29a4c2c860e
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < 7e9aee7e4d9767cc3e423b3beecb01c7ebb6bbcd
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < fa2215cf451414b0512cd6f7d37a057893811f4d
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < d07e281f2a7710502985d6f80b95ddac8f4e81d5
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < a84f3db72561c4d9281c5ff721ce46b9ffa7f30e
- affected 4342306f0f0d5ff4315a204d315c1b51b914fca5 – < 7c4841e2a62794a3bab7c1ff0540580f387e377f
- affected 5.15
- unaffected < 5.15
- unaffected 6.1.191 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.157 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.110 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.51 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.5 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a38f3c71bcd9bd58d86489c364bd29a4c2c860e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9aee7e4d9767cc3e423b3beecb01c7ebb6bbcd (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2215cf451414b0512cd6f7d37a057893811f4d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07e281f2a7710502985d6f80b95ddac8f4e81d5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84f3db72561c4d9281c5ff721ce46b9ffa7f30e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4841e2a62794a3bab7c1ff0540580f387e377f (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-80656 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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