Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6 ntfs3 mi_enum_attr buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6. Impacted is the function mi_enum_attr of the component ntfs3. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-27407. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.18/6.7.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function mi_enum_attr of the component ntfs3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fixed overflow check in mi_enum_attr()

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-27407 since 02/25/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/21/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214608 (Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-809)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.19 or 6.7.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8c77398c7261/1c0a95d99b1b/652cfeb43d6b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (214608) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1188). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• NetApp FAS
• EMC Avamar
• IBM SAN Volume Controller
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM FlashSystem
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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