GHSA-MCQQ-386F-GVF4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-24 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: fix missing run load for vcn0 in attr_data_get_block_locked()
When a compressed or sparse attribute has its clusters frame-aligned, vcn is rounded down to the frame start using cmask, which can result in vcn != vcn0. In this case, vcn and vcn0 may reside in different attribute segments.
The code already handles the case where vcn is in a different segment by loading its runs before allocation. However, it fails to load runs for vcn0 when vcn0 resides in a different segment than vcn. This causes run_lookup_entry() to return SPARSE_LCN for vcn0 since its segment was never loaded into the in-memory run list, triggering the WARN_ON(1).
Fix this by adding a missing check for vcn0 after the existing vcn segment check. If vcn0 falls outside the current segment range [svcn, evcn1), find and load the attribute segment containing vcn0 before performing the run lookup.
The following scenario triggers the bug: attr_data_get_block_locked() vcn = vcn0 & cmask <- vcn != vcn0 after frame alignment load runs for vcn segment <- vcn0 segment not loaded! attr_allocate_clusters() <- allocation succeeds run_lookup_entry(vcn0) <- vcn0 not in run -> SPARSE_LCN WARN_ON(1) <- bug fires here!
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53027"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:14Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: fix missing run load for vcn0 in attr_data_get_block_locked()\n\nWhen a compressed or sparse attribute has its clusters frame-aligned,\nvcn is rounded down to the frame start using cmask, which can result\nin vcn != vcn0. In this case, vcn and vcn0 may reside in different\nattribute segments.\n\nThe code already handles the case where vcn is in a different segment\nby loading its runs before allocation. However, it fails to load runs\nfor vcn0 when vcn0 resides in a different segment than vcn. This causes\nrun_lookup_entry() to return SPARSE_LCN for vcn0 since its segment was\nnever loaded into the in-memory run list, triggering the WARN_ON(1).\n\nFix this by adding a missing check for vcn0 after the existing vcn\nsegment check. If vcn0 falls outside the current segment range\n[svcn, evcn1), find and load the attribute segment containing vcn0\nbefore performing the run lookup.\n\nThe following scenario triggers the bug:\n attr_data_get_block_locked()\n vcn = vcn0 \u0026 cmask \u003c- vcn != vcn0 after frame alignment\n load runs for vcn segment \u003c- vcn0 segment not loaded!\n attr_allocate_clusters() \u003c- allocation succeeds\n run_lookup_entry(vcn0) \u003c- vcn0 not in run -\u003e SPARSE_LCN\n WARN_ON(1) \u003c- bug fires here!",
"id": "GHSA-mcqq-386f-gvf4",
"modified": "2026-06-24T18:32:44Z",
"published": "2026-06-24T18:32:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53027"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b4ae1ce613ade8a7e118fba4a5a77cd23e97e54"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7ea8495fd307b58f8867acd81a1b40075b1d3ba"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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