CVE-2026-80672 in LinuxИнформация

Сводка

по MITRE • 28.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: fix u16 truncation of restart-area length check

ntfs_check_restart_area() validates that the $LogFile restart area and its trailing log client record array fit within the system page size:

u16 ra_ofs, ra_len, ca_ofs; ... ra_len = ca_ofs + le16_to_cpu(ra->log_clients) * sizeof(struct log_client_record); if (ra_ofs + ra_len > le32_to_cpu(rp->system_page_size) || ...) return false;

ra_len is u16, but the right-hand side is computed in size_t (sizeof(struct log_client_record) == 160). Both ca_ofs and log_clients come straight from the on-disk restart area. With an on-disk log_clients of 410 the product 410 * 160 = 65600; adding ca_ofs and storing into the u16 ra_len truncates modulo 65536 (e.g. ca_ofs 64 gives ra_len 128), so the "fits in the page" check passes even though the client array described by log_clients extends far beyond the page.

ntfs_check_log_client_array() then walks the array bounded only by the on-disk log_clients count:

cr = ca + idx; if (cr->prev_client != LOGFILE_NO_CLIENT) ...

For log_clients 410 it dereferences records up to ca + 409 * 160, ~64 KiB past the kvzalloc(system_page_size) restart-page buffer -- an out-of-bounds read of attacker-controlled extent, reachable when a crafted NTFS image is mounted (load_and_check_logfile() at mount time). This is the in-kernel analogue of CVE-2022-30789, fixed in the ntfs-3g userspace driver but never in this revived classic driver.

Compute the restart-area length in a u32 so the existing bounds check rejects an over-large client array instead of being defeated by the truncation. Widen ra_ofs and ca_ofs to u32 as well: both are loaded from __le16 on-disk fields and every comparison already promotes to int/size_t, so this changes no result and keeps the declaration uniform.

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Linux

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26.08.2026

Раскрытие

28.08.2026

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принято

Вход

VDB-396625

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

Нет

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Очень низкий

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