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CVE-2022-50442

fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index indx_read is called when we have some NTFS directory operations that
need more information from the index buffers. This adds a sanity check
to make sure the returned index buffer length is legit, or we may have
some out-of-bound memory accesses. [ 560.897595] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.898321] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888009497238 by task exp/245
[ 560.898760]
[ 560.899129] CPU: 0 PID: 245 Comm: exp Not tainted 6.0.0-rc6 #37
[ 560.899505] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 560.900170] Call Trace:
[ 560.900407] <TASK>
[ 560.900732] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63
[ 560.901108] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689
[ 560.901395] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.901716] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130
[ 560.901950] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.902208] __asan_load2+0x68/0x90
[ 560.902427] hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320
[ 560.902846] ? cmp_uints+0xe0/0xe0
[ 560.903363] ? cmp_sdh+0x90/0x90
[ 560.903883] ? ntfs_bread_run+0x190/0x190
[ 560.904196] ? rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x750/0x750
[ 560.904969] ? ntfs_fix_post_read+0xe0/0x130
[ 560.905259] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 560.905599] ? up_read+0x1a/0x90
[ 560.905853] ? indx_read+0x22c/0x380
[ 560.906096] indx_find+0x2ef/0x470
[ 560.906352] ? indx_find_buffer+0x2d0/0x2d0
[ 560.906692] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xb0
[ 560.906977] dir_search_u+0x196/0x2f0
[ 560.907220] ? ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x450/0x450
[ 560.907464] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 560.907747] ? mutex_lock+0x8f/0xe0
[ 560.907970] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x20/0x20
[ 560.908214] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0
[ 560.908459] ntfs_lookup+0xe0/0x100
[ 560.908788] __lookup_slow+0x116/0x220
[ 560.909050] ? lookup_fast+0x1b0/0x1b0
[ 560.909309] ? lookup_fast+0x13f/0x1b0
[ 560.909601] walk_component+0x187/0x230
[ 560.909944] link_path_walk.part.0+0x3f0/0x660
[ 560.910285] ? handle_lookup_down+0x90/0x90
[ 560.910618] ? path_init+0x642/0x6e0
[ 560.911084] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x6e/0xf0
[ 560.912559] ? __alloc_file+0x114/0x170
[ 560.913008] path_openat+0x19c/0x1d10
[ 560.913419] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0
[ 560.913815] ? kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x50
[ 560.914125] ? kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50
[ 560.914542] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6d/0x90
[ 560.914924] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0
[ 560.915339] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0
[ 560.915647] ? getname+0x12/0x20
[ 560.916114] ? __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60
[ 560.916460] ? path_lookupat.isra.0+0x230/0x230
[ 560.916867] ? __isolate_free_page+0x2e0/0x2e0
[ 560.917194] do_filp_open+0x15c/0x1f0
[ 560.917448] ? may_open_dev+0x60/0x60
[ 560.917696] ? expand_files+0xa4/0x3a0
[ 560.917923] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 560.918185] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x88/0xdb
[ 560.918409] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x100/0x100
[ 560.918783] ? _find_next_bit+0x4a/0x130
[ 560.919026] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x19/0x40
[ 560.919276] ? alloc_fd+0x14b/0x2d0
[ 560.919635] do_sys_openat2+0x32a/0x4b0
[ 560.920035] ? file_open_root+0x230/0x230
[ 560.920336] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x5b/0x280
[ 560.920813] do_sys_open+0x99/0xf0
[ 560.921208] ? filp_open+0x60/0x60
[ 560.921482] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x49/0x180
[ 560.921867] __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60
[ 560.922128] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[ 560.922369] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[ 560.923030] RIP: 0033:0x7f7dff2e4469
[ 560.923681] Code: 00 f3 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 088
[ 560.924451] RSP: 002b:00007ffd41a210b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002
[ 560.925168] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f7dff2e4469
[ 560.925655] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI:
---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index indx_read is called when we have some NTFS directory operations that need more information from the index buffers. This adds a sanity check to make sure the returned index buffer length is legit, or we may have some out-of-bound memory accesses. [ 560.897595] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.898321] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888009497238 by task exp/245 [ 560.898760] [ 560.899129] CPU: 0 PID: 245 Comm: exp Not tainted 6.0.0-rc6 #37 [ 560.899505] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 560.900170] Call Trace: [ 560.900407] <TASK> [ 560.900732] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63 [ 560.901108] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x689 [ 560.901395] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.901716] kasan_report+0xa7/0x130 [ 560.901950] ? hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.902208] __asan_load2+0x68/0x90 [ 560.902427] hdr_find_e.isra.0+0x10c/0x320 [ 560.902846] ? cmp_uints+0xe0/0xe0 [ 560.903363] ? cmp_sdh+0x90/0x90 [ 560.903883] ? ntfs_bread_run+0x190/0x190 [ 560.904196] ? rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x750/0x750 [ 560.904969] ? ntfs_fix_post_read+0xe0/0x130 [ 560.905259] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.905599] ? up_read+0x1a/0x90 [ 560.905853] ? indx_read+0x22c/0x380 [ 560.906096] indx_find+0x2ef/0x470 [ 560.906352] ? indx_find_buffer+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 560.906692] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x88/0xb0 [ 560.906977] dir_search_u+0x196/0x2f0 [ 560.907220] ? ntfs_nls_to_utf16+0x450/0x450 [ 560.907464] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.907747] ? mutex_lock+0x8f/0xe0 [ 560.907970] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x20/0x20 [ 560.908214] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0 [ 560.908459] ntfs_lookup+0xe0/0x100 [ 560.908788] __lookup_slow+0x116/0x220 [ 560.909050] ? lookup_fast+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 560.909309] ? lookup_fast+0x13f/0x1b0 [ 560.909601] walk_component+0x187/0x230 [ 560.909944] link_path_walk.part.0+0x3f0/0x660 [ 560.910285] ? handle_lookup_down+0x90/0x90 [ 560.910618] ? path_init+0x642/0x6e0 [ 560.911084] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x6e/0xf0 [ 560.912559] ? __alloc_file+0x114/0x170 [ 560.913008] path_openat+0x19c/0x1d10 [ 560.913419] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0 [ 560.913815] ? kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x50 [ 560.914125] ? kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50 [ 560.914542] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6d/0x90 [ 560.914924] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x143/0x4b0 [ 560.915339] ? getname_flags+0x73/0x2b0 [ 560.915647] ? getname+0x12/0x20 [ 560.916114] ? __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60 [ 560.916460] ? path_lookupat.isra.0+0x230/0x230 [ 560.916867] ? __isolate_free_page+0x2e0/0x2e0 [ 560.917194] do_filp_open+0x15c/0x1f0 [ 560.917448] ? may_open_dev+0x60/0x60 [ 560.917696] ? expand_files+0xa4/0x3a0 [ 560.917923] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [ 560.918185] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x88/0xdb [ 560.918409] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x100/0x100 [ 560.918783] ? _find_next_bit+0x4a/0x130 [ 560.919026] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x19/0x40 [ 560.919276] ? alloc_fd+0x14b/0x2d0 [ 560.919635] do_sys_openat2+0x32a/0x4b0 [ 560.920035] ? file_open_root+0x230/0x230 [ 560.920336] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x5b/0x280 [ 560.920813] do_sys_open+0x99/0xf0 [ 560.921208] ? filp_open+0x60/0x60 [ 560.921482] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x49/0x180 [ 560.921867] __x64_sys_open+0x4c/0x60 [ 560.922128] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 560.922369] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 560.923030] RIP: 0033:0x7f7dff2e4469 [ 560.923681] Code: 00 f3 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 088 [ 560.924451] RSP: 002b:00007ffd41a210b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 [ 560.925168] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f7dff2e4469 [ 560.925655] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ---truncated---

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-09-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-10-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-10-02 CVE Updated
  • 2025-10-07 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.15 < 5.15.87
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.15 < 6.0.17
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.15 < 6.1.3
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.15 < 6.2
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en
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