FKIE_CVE-2026-72353
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in fallocate
ntfs_attr_fallocate() allocates holes and delayed allocations inside
initialized size by looking up the current runlist element under
ni->runlist.lock. The returned struct runlist_element is only a borrowed
pointer into ni->runlist.rl. A writer can replace and free that array
after the read lock is dropped, so later reads of rl->lcn, rl->length and
rl->vcn can touch freed memory.
The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order
within that path:
ntfs_attr_fallocate():
1. Take ni->runlist.lock for read.
2. Get rl from ntfs_attr_find_vcn_nolock().
3. Drop ni->runlist.lock.
4. Read rl->lcn, rl->length and rl->vcn.
mmap page_mkwrite:
1. Enter ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite().
2. Reach __ntfs_write_iomap_begin() and ntfs_attr_map_cluster().
3. Merge allocation state with ntfs_runlists_merge().
4. Reallocate ni->runlist.rl in ntfs_rl_realloc(), freeing the old array.
Validation reproduced this kernel report:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0
print_report+0xce/0x630
? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? __virt_addr_valid+0x20d/0x410
? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00
kasan_report+0xe0/0x110
? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00
ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00
? lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x2f0
? __pfx_ntfs_attr_fallocate+0x10/0x10
? 0xffffffffc0000095
? down_write+0x10d/0x1e0
ntfs_fallocate+0x5c9/0x1d00
? __pfx_ntfs_fallocate+0x10/0x10
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x2f0
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? selinux_file_permission+0x3a7/0x510
vfs_fallocate+0x29d/0xd30
__x64_sys_fallocate+0xc7/0x150
? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x6a0
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Allocated by task 410:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0
__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x353/0x920
ntfs_rl_realloc+0x3f/0x110
ntfs_runlists_merge+0xaa3/0x3010
ntfs_attr_map_cluster+0x4e5/0xf80
ntfs_attr_fallocate+0x53f/0xd00
ntfs_fallocate+0x5c9/0x1d00
vfs_fallocate+0x29d/0xd30
__x64_sys_fallocate+0xc7/0x150
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 424:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
__kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80
kfree+0x307/0x580
ntfs_rl_realloc+0x6f/0x110
ntfs_runlists_merge+0x7b1/0x3010
ntfs_attr_map_cluster+0x4e5/0xf80
__ntfs_write_iomap_begin+0x8cd/0x2280
iomap_iter+0x6de/0x11e0
iomap_page_mkwrite+0x391/0x650
ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite+0x1ac/0x400
do_page_mkwrite+0x15c/0x280
__handle_mm_fault+0xd6d/0x1ca0
handle_mm_fault+0x19c/0x470
do_user_addr_fault+0x23b/0x9c0
exc_page_fault+0x5c/0xc0
asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
Fix this by copying the needed runlist fields while the read lock is still
held and using only those scalar snapshots after unlocking.
After the snapshot, ntfs_attr_map_cluster() can also find that the range
is already mapped and return balloc=false. Only call ntfs_dio_zero_range()
when new clusters were allocated, matching the write iomap path and
preserving the zero-newly-allocated-holes behavior.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/ntfs/attrib.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "3dd3e43f17cda174009a51fe668046ed7afef46a",
"status": "affected",
"version": "495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "88496c4ac5a6ade75619f4b1015706a8b924d50a",
"status": "affected",
"version": "495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/ntfs/attrib.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.1"
},
{
"lessThan": "7.1",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in fallocate\n\nntfs_attr_fallocate() allocates holes and delayed allocations inside\ninitialized size by looking up the current runlist element under\nni-\u003erunlist.lock. The returned struct runlist_element is only a borrowed\npointer into ni-\u003erunlist.rl. A writer can replace and free that array\nafter the read lock is dropped, so later reads of rl-\u003elcn, rl-\u003elength and\nrl-\u003evcn can touch freed memory.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order\nwithin that path:\n\nntfs_attr_fallocate():\n 1. Take ni-\u003erunlist.lock for read.\n 2. Get rl from ntfs_attr_find_vcn_nolock().\n 3. Drop ni-\u003erunlist.lock.\n 4. Read rl-\u003elcn, rl-\u003elength and rl-\u003evcn.\n\nmmap page_mkwrite:\n 1. Enter ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite().\n 2. Reach __ntfs_write_iomap_begin() and ntfs_attr_map_cluster().\n 3. Merge allocation state with ntfs_runlists_merge().\n 4. Reallocate ni-\u003erunlist.rl in ntfs_rl_realloc(), freeing the old array.\n\nValidation reproduced this kernel report:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00\n\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0\n print_report+0xce/0x630\n ? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? __virt_addr_valid+0x20d/0x410\n ? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00\n kasan_report+0xe0/0x110\n ? ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00\n ntfs_attr_fallocate+0xbb8/0xd00\n ? lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x2f0\n ? __pfx_ntfs_attr_fallocate+0x10/0x10\n ? 0xffffffffc0000095\n ? down_write+0x10d/0x1e0\n ntfs_fallocate+0x5c9/0x1d00\n ? __pfx_ntfs_fallocate+0x10/0x10\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? lock_acquire+0x2b8/0x2f0\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? selinux_file_permission+0x3a7/0x510\n vfs_fallocate+0x29d/0xd30\n __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc7/0x150\n ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x6a0\n do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nAllocated by task 410:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0\n __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x353/0x920\n ntfs_rl_realloc+0x3f/0x110\n ntfs_runlists_merge+0xaa3/0x3010\n ntfs_attr_map_cluster+0x4e5/0xf80\n ntfs_attr_fallocate+0x53f/0xd00\n ntfs_fallocate+0x5c9/0x1d00\n vfs_fallocate+0x29d/0xd30\n __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc7/0x150\n do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFreed by task 424:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80\n kfree+0x307/0x580\n ntfs_rl_realloc+0x6f/0x110\n ntfs_runlists_merge+0x7b1/0x3010\n ntfs_attr_map_cluster+0x4e5/0xf80\n __ntfs_write_iomap_begin+0x8cd/0x2280\n iomap_iter+0x6de/0x11e0\n iomap_page_mkwrite+0x391/0x650\n ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite+0x1ac/0x400\n do_page_mkwrite+0x15c/0x280\n __handle_mm_fault+0xd6d/0x1ca0\n handle_mm_fault+0x19c/0x470\n do_user_addr_fault+0x23b/0x9c0\n exc_page_fault+0x5c/0xc0\n asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30\n\nFix this by copying the needed runlist fields while the read lock is still\nheld and using only those scalar snapshots after unlocking.\n\nAfter the snapshot, ntfs_attr_map_cluster() can also find that the range\nis already mapped and return balloc=false. Only call ntfs_dio_zero_range()\nwhen new clusters were allocated, matching the write iomap path and\npreserving the zero-newly-allocated-holes behavior."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-72353",
"lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:39.410",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-08-15T06:22:08.730",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dd3e43f17cda174009a51fe668046ed7afef46a"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88496c4ac5a6ade75619f4b1015706a8b924d50a"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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