CVE-2026-72192
ntfs3: bound to_move in indx_insert_into_root before hdr_insert_head
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: bound to_move in indx_insert_into_root before hdr_insert_head indx_insert_into_root() promotes a full resident $INDEX_ROOT into $INDEX_ALLOCATION and copies all non-last resident root entries into a newly allocated INDEX_BUFFER via hdr_insert_head(). The source byte count 'to_move' is summed from the on-disk resident entry sizes and is independent of the destination buffer size, which comes from root->index_block_size (via indx->index_bits). A crafted NTFS image that keeps a valid, full resident root but shrinks root->index_block_size down to 512 after the root has been populated makes hdr_insert_head() memcpy attacker-controlled resident entry bytes past the end of the kmalloc(1u << indx->index_bits) allocation returned by indx_new(). For a 512-byte destination and a resident root whose non-last entries total 560 bytes, the memcpy overruns by 120 bytes and a following memmove extends the highest written offset to 136 bytes past the allocation. The overflow bytes are a direct copy of on-disk entries (via kmemdup), so they are fully attacker-controlled. The write is reachable from unprivileged open(O_CREAT) on a mounted crafted NTFS image: a single sufficiently long create in a directory whose resident root is already full forces root promotion and triggers the copy. This is a controlled out-of-bounds write of 120-136 bytes past a kmalloc(index_block_size) allocation, with attacker-controlled content. It is a bounded adjacent-heap corruption primitive; it is not an arbitrary-address write. Successful exploitation into a named victim object depends on the surrounding slab layout. Reject the copy at the sink. The destination's INDEX_HDR already reports hdr_total (the payload capacity of the new buffer) and hdr_used (the bytes already consumed by the terminal END entry installed by indx_new()); require that to_move fits in the remaining payload before calling hdr_insert_head(). On mismatch, fail with -EINVAL and mark the filesystem as having a detected on-disk inconsistency, which is the same behaviour as the surrounding validation in this function.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 15, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 17, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
Solution
- Validate 'to_move' against remaining destination buffer space.
- Fail the copy if 'to_move' exceeds available capacity.
- Mark the filesystem as inconsistent on mismatch.
- Apply provided kernel patch.
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CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Aug. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '0af83b8155cc848e9f5d2c36e20a70d024214649', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'cb3161deebcaf8d36d3115abf452c633f2180fc1', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '53c5f3b2da3774b41534728aba295c098c9efa19', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '194b00c99ba971fa7cf6acd747a36032c6de54eb', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'aaa1f956c0fc41089a4a534da7df91552a08a47c', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'd240f5f9d036b8180224954d9873f172b6be4dd8', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '9b6926ac9c970ae0b2c2fe6289b16e9aa10b6a67', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.15'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.15', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '5.15.212', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '5.15.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc1', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}] [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '0af83b8155cc848e9f5d2c36e20a70d024214649', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'cb3161deebcaf8d36d3115abf452c633f2180fc1', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '53c5f3b2da3774b41534728aba295c098c9efa19', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '194b00c99ba971fa7cf6acd747a36032c6de54eb', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'aaa1f956c0fc41089a4a534da7df91552a08a47c', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'd240f5f9d036b8180224954d9873f172b6be4dd8', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '9b6926ac9c970ae0b2c2fe6289b16e9aa10b6a67', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.15'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.15', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '5.15.212', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '5.15.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}] -
New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Aug. 15, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '0af83b8155cc848e9f5d2c36e20a70d024214649', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'cb3161deebcaf8d36d3115abf452c633f2180fc1', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '53c5f3b2da3774b41534728aba295c098c9efa19', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '194b00c99ba971fa7cf6acd747a36032c6de54eb', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'aaa1f956c0fc41089a4a534da7df91552a08a47c', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': 'd240f5f9d036b8180224954d9873f172b6be4dd8', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17', 'lessThan': '9b6926ac9c970ae0b2c2fe6289b16e9aa10b6a67', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '5.15'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '5.15', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '5.15.212', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '5.15.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.1.178', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.6.145', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.6.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.12.97', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.12.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.40', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.5', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc1', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['fs/ntfs3/index.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}] Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: bound to_move in indx_insert_into_root before hdr_insert_head indx_insert_into_root() promotes a full resident $INDEX_ROOT into $INDEX_ALLOCATION and copies all non-last resident root entries into a newly allocated INDEX_BUFFER via hdr_insert_head(). The source byte count 'to_move' is summed from the on-disk resident entry sizes and is independent of the destination buffer size, which comes from root->index_block_size (via indx->index_bits). A crafted NTFS image that keeps a valid, full resident root but shrinks root->index_block_size down to 512 after the root has been populated makes hdr_insert_head() memcpy attacker-controlled resident entry bytes past the end of the kmalloc(1u << indx->index_bits) allocation returned by indx_new(). For a 512-byte destination and a resident root whose non-last entries total 560 bytes, the memcpy overruns by 120 bytes and a following memmove extends the highest written offset to 136 bytes past the allocation. The overflow bytes are a direct copy of on-disk entries (via kmemdup), so they are fully attacker-controlled. The write is reachable from unprivileged open(O_CREAT) on a mounted crafted NTFS image: a single sufficiently long create in a directory whose resident root is already full forces root promotion and triggers the copy. This is a controlled out-of-bounds write of 120-136 bytes past a kmalloc(index_block_size) allocation, with attacker-controlled content. It is a bounded adjacent-heap corruption primitive; it is not an arbitrary-address write. Successful exploitation into a named victim object depends on the surrounding slab layout. Reject the copy at the sink. The destination's INDEX_HDR already reports hdr_total (the payload capacity of the new buffer) and hdr_used (the bytes already consumed by the terminal END entry installed by indx_new()); require that to_move fits in the remaining payload before calling hdr_insert_head(). On mismatch, fail with -EINVAL and mark the filesystem as having a detected on-disk inconsistency, which is the same behaviour as the surrounding validation in this function. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af83b8155cc848e9f5d2c36e20a70d024214649 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/194b00c99ba971fa7cf6acd747a36032c6de54eb Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53c5f3b2da3774b41534728aba295c098c9efa19 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b6926ac9c970ae0b2c2fe6289b16e9aa10b6a67 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa1f956c0fc41089a4a534da7df91552a08a47c Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3161deebcaf8d36d3115abf452c633f2180fc1 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d240f5f9d036b8180224954d9873f172b6be4dd8