GHSA-V6VG-37G3-2XRQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-15 21:31 – Updated: 2025-10-15 21:31
VLAI?
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: add sanity check on allocation size

ntfs_read_inode_mount invokes ntfs_malloc_nofs with zero allocation size. It triggers one BUG in the __ntfs_malloc function.

Fix this by adding sanity check on ni->attr_list_size.

Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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