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CVE-2026-98136

Linux Linux — ntfs: bound $AttrDef table walk to the loaded table size
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0011    1.2     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669 –  —
  Linux    7.1 –                                       7.2.7
TIMELINE
  Sep 25  Reserved by Linux
  Sep 25  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2026-98136 (Linux). Received CVSS 7.1 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-125 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: bound $AttrDef table walk to the loaded table size ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef() walks the in-memory $AttrDef table, but the loop condition bounds only the start of each entry, not the whole entry: for (ad = vol->attrdef; (u8 *)ad - (u8 *)vol->attrdef < vol->attrdef_size && ad->type; ++ad) struct attr_def is 160 bytes; the guard reads ad->type at offset 128 and the loop body reads further fields. vol->attrdef is kvzalloc(i_size), where i_size is the on-disk $AttrDef data size, checked in load_and_init_attrdef() only as 0 < i_size <= 0x7fffffff. A volume whose $AttrDef data size is smaller than one entry (e.g. 120 bytes) makes the read of ad->type run past the allocation. Creating a file reaches this through ntfs_attr_size_bounds_check() and reads out of bounds: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef+0x66/0xa0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888005833280 by task init/1 ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef ntfs_attr_size_bounds_check ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident ntfs_attr_add Require the whole entry to lie within attrdef_size in the loop guard, and reject at mount a $AttrDef too small to hold one attr_def entry.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
September 25, 2026ReservedReserved by Linux
September 25, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
October 8, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2026-98136 (Linux). Received CVSS 7.1 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux—1e9ea7e04472d4e5e12e58c881eaacfb3e49b669—
LinuxLinux—7.17.2.7

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (2)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-98136 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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