Linux Kernel up to 5.15.86/6.0.16/6.1.2 ntfs3 r_page out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.86/6.0.16/6.1.2. Affected by this issue is the function r_page of the component ntfs3. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-50869. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.86/6.0.16/6.1.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function r_page of the component ntfs3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in r_page When PAGE_SIZE is 64K, if read_log_page is called by log_read_rst for the first time, the size of *buffer would be equal to DefaultLogPageSize(4K).But for *buffer operations like memcpy, if the memory area size(n) which being assigned to buffer is larger than 4K (log->page_size(64K) or bytes(64K-page_off)), it will cause an out of boundary error. Call trace: [...] kasan_report+0x44/0x130 check_memory_region+0xf8/0x1a0 memcpy+0xc8/0x100 ntfs_read_run_nb+0x20c/0x460 read_log_page+0xd0/0x1f4 log_read_rst+0x110/0x75c log_replay+0x1e8/0x4aa0 ntfs_loadlog_and_replay+0x290/0x2d0 ntfs_fill_super+0x508/0xec0 get_tree_bdev+0x1fc/0x34c [...] Fix this by setting variable r_page to NULL in log_read_rst.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-50869 since 12/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.15.87, 6.0.17 or 6.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ed686e7a26dd19ae6b46bb662f735acfa88ff7bc/bf86a640a34947d92062996e1a75b9cd9d83dd19/6d076293e5bffdf897ea5f975669206e09beed6a/ecfbd57cf9c5ca225184ae266ce44ae473792132 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 vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2941). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• IBM Power Hardware Management Console
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• IBM DataPower Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
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• 5.15.81
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• 5.15.84
• 5.15.85
• 5.15.86
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
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• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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