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          "product": "Linux",
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            "fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c",
            "fs/ntfs/runlist.c"
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              "version": "7.1"
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              "status": "unaffected",
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              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.3",
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          ]
        }
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        {
          "nodes": [
            {
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                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "7.1",
                  "vulnerable": true
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                {
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      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: bound the free-cluster bitmap scan to the volume\n\nvol-\u003elcn_empty_bits_per_page is sized from vol-\u003enr_clusters at mount, but\nntfs_cluster_alloc() bounds its scan of that array by the size of $Bitmap.\nThose are independent on-disk quantities and the mount-time check only\nrejects a $Bitmap that is too small, so an image whose $Bitmap covers more\nclusters than the volume has lets the scan index past the array.  A run\nwhose LCN lies in that gap takes the allocator straight there, since the\ncaller passes the file\u0027s own last LCN as its locality hint.  KASAN reports\na slab out-of-bounds read when a file on such a volume is extended.\n\nClamp the scan to what that array covers, mirroring the max_index\ncalculation the mount-time scan already uses, and reject a decoded LCN\nat or beyond nr_clusters in the mapping pairs decoder.  Conforming\nvolumes are unaffected."
        }
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "baseScore": 9.8,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
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            {
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              "value": "AV:N - fs/ntfs registers ntfs_export_ops, so nfsd/ksmbd VFS writes on an exported NTFS volume reach ntfs_file_write_iter-\u003eiomap-\u003entfs_attr_expand-\u003entfs_cluster_alloc, and reads reach ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress, without local shell access.\nAC:L - A crafted image whose $Bitmap covers more clusters than nr_clusters, plus a file run whose LCN sits in that gap, deterministically drives the allocator to index past lcn_empty_bits_per_page and the decoder to accept out-of-volume LCNs, with no race or victim-specific layout.\nPR:N - Triggering needs only permission to cause server-side parse or extend of mounted NTFS metadata (guest/anonymous SMB, a permissive NFS export, or an unprivileged local open/write on an already-mounted volume), not init-namespace root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN at trigger time.\nUI:N - After the crafted volume is mounted and optionally exported, ordinary remote or local write/truncate/fallocate, and reads that decompress mapping pairs, trigger the bug; no extra victim mount dialog, USB insertion, or confirmation is required during the attack.\nS:U - Slab out-of-bounds access to vol-\u003elcn_empty_bits_per_page and misdirected block I/O remain in the host kernel/OS security domain and do not cross a VM, container, or IOMMU boundary to another authority.\nC:H - ntfs_cluster_alloc performs a KASAN-confirmed slab out-of-bounds read of lcn_empty_bits_per_page at an attacker-influenced page index, and decoded LCNs past nr_clusters make iomap reads disclose data beyond the NTFS volume, a kernel heap/OOB-read disclosure primitive.\nI:H - With zone_end set from the poisoned LCN, the bitmap scan calls ntfs_set_lcn_empty_bits() on out-of-range indices (heap OOB write of empty-bit counts) and iomap can write past the volume using those LCNs, a kernel memory-corruption primitive consistent with privilege escalation.\nA:H - KASAN reports a slab out-of-bounds access when a file on such a volume is extended; indexing past the kvmalloc array can oops, and the OOB write of lcn_empty_bits_per_page can panic or hang the host, so even failed exploitation denies service."
            }
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        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:49:46.853Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc15a9f5307d5372aef3b64bf3ed7802f530c471"
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        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19cac7902a8ab748e15f98ddaafcf5f8882be21d"
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      "title": "ntfs: bound the free-cluster bitmap scan to the volume",
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    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-89614",
    "datePublished": "2026-09-11T19:45:14.747Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.735Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:49:46.853Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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