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          "programFiles": [
            "fs/ntfs/iomap.c"
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              "lessThan": "0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "7.1"
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              "lessThan": "7.1",
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            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
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            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.3-rc1",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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        }
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      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  "vulnerable": true
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock\n\nntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident() walks the MFT record through\nntfs_attr_lookup() -\u003e ntfs_attr_find() without taking ni-\u003emrec_lock,\nwhile ntfs_attr_record_resize(), ntfs_make_room_for_attr() and\nntfs_resident_attr_record_add() memmove() the same base_ni-\u003emrec buffer\nunder that lock. map_mft_record() only takes a reference and does not\nserialize, so the reader can observe torn attribute length and offset\nfields while a writer is relocating the records.\n\nKCSAN reports the race between the mmap read fault path and both link()\nand unlink():\n\n  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ntfs_attr_find / ntfs_attr_record_resize\n\n  write to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 96 on cpu 1:\n   ntfs_attr_record_resize+0xd2/0x130\n   ntfs_attr_record_rm+0xad/0x530\n   ntfs_delete+0x224/0x640\n   ntfs_unlink+0x14d/0x280\n   vfs_unlink+0x157/0x520\n\n  read to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 95 on cpu 0:\n   ntfs_attr_find+0x104/0x5b0\n   ntfs_attr_lookup+0x39c/0x10c0\n   ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident+0xc6/0x230\n   ntfs_read_iomap_begin+0x5d/0xa0\n   iomap_iter+0x2e2/0x6e0\n   iomap_read_folio+0x147/0x2a0\n   ntfs_read_folio+0x108/0x170\n   filemap_read_folio+0x35/0x100\n   filemap_fault+0x993/0x1000\n\n  value changed: 0x00000250 -\u003e 0x000001f0\n\nThe address is mrec + 0x18, i.e. mft_record.bytes_in_use, and the change\nis the 96 bytes of one $FILE_NAME attribute being removed.\n\nKeep base_ni-\u003emrec_lock from the resident read iomap lookup through\niomap_end(). This protects both the attribute walk and the subsequent copy\nfrom iomap-\u003einline_data, which points into the MFT record. The non-resident\npath is left alone: ntfs_lookup() already holds the directory inode\u0027s\nmrec_lock when it reads an index folio through read_mapping_folio(), and\ntaking the lock in the shared wrapper deadlocks there with recursive locking\non mrec_lock. The comment above the read_mapping_folio() call in\nfs/ntfs/dir.c notes the same hazard.\n\nThe seek path uses the same lookup helper but does not dereference\niomap-\u003einline_data. Release the lock before returning from that path,\nwhereas the regular read path records base_ni in iomap-\u003eprivate and releases\nthe lock from its iomap_end() callback.\n\nTested with a reproducer that faults in a 16-byte resident file while\nanother thread runs link()/unlink() on it. Before: 40 KCSAN reports in\nabout one second. After: no reports in 180 seconds over 206,090 read\niterations and 423,540 link/unlink cycles. A PROVE_LOCKING build shows no\nlockdep splat with the same reproducer running for 60 seconds."
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 7.1,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
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            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "AV:L - The raced bytes are the in-memory MFT record (ni-\u003emrec) copied from disk by map_mft_record_folio, not a protocol payload. One thread hits filemap_fault -\u003e ntfs_read_folio -\u003e ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident -\u003e ntfs_attr_find; the other is local linkat/unlinkat via vfs_link/vfs_unlink -\u003e ntfs_link/ntfs_unlink -\u003e ntfs_attr_record_resize memmove of that same buffer.\nAC:L - The attacker drives both sides: mmap of a resident file so filemap_fault takes ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident without i_rwsem, while another thread link()/unlink()s so ntfs_attr_record_rm or ntfs_make_room_for_attr memmoves the mrec under mrec_lock. The commit reproducer got 40 KCSAN hits per second on that pair.\nPR:L - ntfs_file_open has no capability check. On an already-mounted writable NTFS volume, an unprivileged user who can mmap a small resident $DATA file and create/remove hard links in a writable directory reaches both the fault path and vfs_link/vfs_unlink. ntfs_fs_type is FS_REQUIRES_DEV without FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so mounting itself needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN but is not required here.\nUI:N - The attacker mmap-faults their own resident file while their other thread runs link()/unlink() on it, matching the commit\u0027s 16-byte-file reproducer. No victim mount or crafted image is required; a normal NTFS volume with a small file is enough.\nS:U - The race is inside fs/ntfs on that inode\u0027s kmalloc\u0027d mrec and the faulting file\u0027s page-cache folio. It does not cross a KVM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident sets iomap-\u003einline_data to ctx-\u003eattr plus resident.value_offset with no mrec-size check. ntfs_attr_find computes space from bytes_in_use (KCSAN: 0x250-\u003e0x1f0); unsigned underflow plus a torn a-\u003elength lets ntfs_resident_attr_value_get accept a value_offset past the kmalloc mft_record_size buffer, and iomap_read_inline_data folio_fill_tail()s that into a folio the attacker reads.\nI:N - The racy path only reads ni-\u003emrec and copies into the mmapped file\u0027s folio via iomap_read_inline_data. ntfs_attr_record_resize\u0027s memmove is the legitimate link/unlink writer holding mrec_lock and does not give the attacker an arbitrary kernel write.\nA:H - iomap_read_inline_data copies from a value_offset that can lie tens of kilobytes past the kmalloc\u0027d mrec into unmapped heap, oopsing on the filemap_fault path and taking the kernel down."
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-09-18T17:53:11.332Z",
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        "shortName": "Linux"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99"
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        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e00c457d4ab8ab59c6e4b8554c921260e4e16c"
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      "title": "ntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock",
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    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-90131",
    "datePublished": "2026-09-17T16:06:31.913Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.788Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-09-18T17:53:11.332Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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