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GHSA-V6VG-37G3-2XRQ

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

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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CVE-2022-49166 (GCVE-0-2022-49166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-26 01:55 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:54

Title

ntfs: add sanity check on allocation size

Summary

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

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8d7daa0e53b184a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21d490232f323ed40…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07793d2e555631241…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe41ad8be036a3de3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b230f2d9441a34c7f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24ab2d4ef52c2dbb6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115fae2c1566eacc5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c641087d381a08363…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/714fbf2647b1a33d9…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 4.9.311 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.276 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.238 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.189 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.110 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.33 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.16.19 , ≤ 5.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.17.2 , ≤ 5.17.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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