{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-89779", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.765Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-16T08:48:19.083Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:52:31.490Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:52:31.490Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: validate ef->size covers the record's name and value\n\nWhen an EA record has a non-zero ef->size, ntfs_read_ea() only checks\nthat the record fits in the remaining buffer (ea_size > bytes), not that\nef->size is large enough to hold the record's own name_len + 1 + elength.\n\nA crafted image can pass validation with, e.g., ef->size = 24 but\nelength = 0xffff. ntfs_get_ea() then trusts elength and copies it out of\nthe undersized record, reading past the kmalloc(info->size) allocation\nand leaking heap memory to userspace via getxattr():\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_get_ea (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:302)\n Read of size 65535 at addr ffff888100794550 by task exploit\n __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105)\n ntfs_get_ea (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:302)\n ntfs_getxattr (fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:848)\n __vfs_getxattr (fs/xattr.c:441)\n vfs_getxattr (fs/xattr.c:474)\n do_getxattr (fs/xattr.c:800)\n path_getxattrat (fs/xattr.c:868)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\n\n The buggy address is located 80 bytes inside of\n allocated 84-byte region in cache kmalloc-96\n\nCompute the size the record needs and require ef->size to cover it." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - ntfs3 registers export_operations and an empty-prefix xattr handler, so ksmbd SMB2 QUERY_INFO FILE_FULL_EA and nfsd GETXATTR reach vfs_getxattr→ntfs_getxattr→ntfs_get_ea on an exported NTFS volume; a crafted EA named user.* is listed and returned over the network on NAS/hybrid SMB/NFS servers.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls on-disk EA_FULL fields; ef->size=24 with elength=0xffff passes ntfs_read_ea() and makes ntfs_get_ea() memcpy 65535 bytes past the kmalloc(info->size) object deterministically, with no race or attacker-uncontrollable layout.\nPR:N - The leak needs only read access to a file carrying the crafted EA: a ksmbd guest/anonymous client with FILE_READ_EA, an NFSv4 AUTH_SYS/guest GETXATTR, or automount of attacker media, with no local account or CAP_SYS_ADMIN on the host.\nUI:N - After the NTFS volume is mounted and exported—the normal state for NAS, dual-boot, and automounted removable NTFS—the attacker issues SMB QUERY_INFO, NFS GETXATTR, or getxattr(2) themselves; no further victim clicks, prompts, or confirmations are required.\nS:U - The slab over-read and heap leak occur in the host kernel ntfs3 xattr path under a single security authority; this is standard filesystem exploitation, not a VM escape, IOMMU/DMA bypass, or other cross-boundary breakout.\nC:H - ntfs_get_ea() copies attacker-chosen elength (up to 65535) bytes from past the kmalloc(info->size) EA buffer into the getxattr output that VFS, ksmbd, and nfsd return to the caller; a ~64KiB kernel-heap leak to userspace or a remote SMB/NFS client is Confidentiality High.\nI:N - The destination is sized from the probed elength (ksmbd/nfsd) or the caller-supplied size with an explicit len>size ERANGE check, so this is a source over-read into a bounds-checked xattr buffer, not an out-of-bounds write, UAF, or control-flow hijack primitive.\nA:H - KASAN reports a 65535-byte slab-out-of-bounds read in ntfs_get_ea from an 84-byte kmalloc-96 object; that unbounded heap over-read can fault unmapped adjacent slab pages and oops or panic the kernel, which is Availability High." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/ntfs3/xattr.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "333feb7ba84f69f9b423422417aaac54fd9e7c84", "lessThan": "b27e68ad818a4ca2cef8f35f97e75d756714c818", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "000a9a72efa4a9df289bab9c9e8ba1639c72e0d6", "lessThan": "28a924c7e67e6d71abeb04860b61166fecb027fc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0e8235d28f3a0e9eda9f02ff67ee566d5f42b66b", "lessThan": "d585ed08308909c7e6fefb4e8a258aeb29b19ff9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0e8235d28f3a0e9eda9f02ff67ee566d5f42b66b", "lessThan": "077df8464cf24f8ffc82fb6efec2ae600686e699", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0e8235d28f3a0e9eda9f02ff67ee566d5f42b66b", 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