CVE-2026-90118

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Since\nNTFS_SB_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE the destination is a single page, so the byte\nlands in the adjacent page, and *dest_ofs is left one past the sub-block\nend (the later `*dest_ofs &= ~PAGE_MASK` then yields 1, not 0, so the page\nis never finalized and later sub-blocks keep writing further past it). A\ncorrupted compressed $DATA attribute thus produces a bounded run of\nout-of-bounds writes when the file is read.\n\nBreak as soon as dp_addr reaches dp_sb_end; a full sub-block still\ncompletes, as its final copy advances dp_addr to exactly dp_sb_end."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The overflowing bytes are LZNT-style symbol tokens in a compressed unnamed $DATA attribute. They reach ntfs_decompress() only after ntfs_file_read_iter\u2192generic_file_read_iter\u2192ntfs_read_folio\u2192ntfs_read_compressed_block() copies those clusters from the block device; a remote client does not carry the token stream.\nAC:L - A crafted compressed $DATA that leaves dp_addr==dp_sb_end makes the per-token `dp_addr > dp_sb_end` check fall through to `*dp_addr++ = *cb++`. Ending the sub-block so `*dest_ofs &= ~PAGE_MASK` yields 1 is deterministic and does not depend on a race or uninfluenced layout.\nPR:N - The attacker only needs to supply the image that contains the malformed compressed $DATA; ntfs_fs_type has no FS_USERNS_MOUNT so mount_capable() needs init-namespace CAP_SYS_ADMIN, which is the victim's mount (UI:R), not an attacker privilege on the target.\nUI:R - The malformed tokens exist only on the attacker-supplied volume. ntfs_get_tree()\u2192get_tree_bdev()\u2192ntfs_fill_super() must mount that image before ntfs_file_read_iter can read the compressed file and enter ntfs_decompress().\nS:U - The write past kmap_local_page() of dest_pages[] corrupts the host kernel's adjacent page in the same OS security domain; it is not a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:H - The off-by-one `*dp_addr++ = *cb++` plus later sub-blocks (dest_ofs left at 1, so the dest folio is never finalized) overwrite the physically adjacent kernel page, a memory-corruption primitive that can be leveraged for kernel information disclosure.\nI:H - Each overflowing symbol token writes an attacker-chosen byte from the compressed stream one past the destination page, and later sub-blocks keep writing further past it into the adjacent page, an out-of-bounds kernel write usable for control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Writing past the kmap_local_page() mapping of the dest folio into the next pfn can oops or panic the kernel on the ntfs_file_read_iter\u2192ntfs_decompress() path even when the overflow is not turned into a reliable write primitive."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs/compress.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669", "lessThan": "b42644e425fed4a5cd6c88372655da5c1b52c666", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669", "lessThan": "98716c9fce21f6c8a9d71e08cf53e7504fa562f4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs/compress.c"], "versions": [{"version": "7.1", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "7.1", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.6"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b42644e425fed4a5cd6c88372655da5c1b52c666"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98716c9fce21f6c8a9d71e08cf53e7504fa562f4"}], "title": "ntfs: fix off-by-one page overflow in ntfs_decompress()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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