FKIE_CVE-2026-97439
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-24 17:17 - Updated: 2026-09-24 17:17
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: preserve non-DOS attribute bits in system.dos_attrib
[BUG]
A corrupted ntfs3 image can hit a NULL function pointer call in
generic_perform_write() after toggling system.ntfs_attrib and then
overwriting system.dos_attrib on the same file.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
\#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
\#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
PGD bed5067 P4D bed5067 PUD 0
Oops: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:0x0
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.
RSP: 0018:ffff88801025f988 EFLAGS: 00010246
Call Trace:
generic_perform_write+0x409/0x8c0 mm/filemap.c:4255
__generic_file_write_iter+0x1bb/0x200 mm/filemap.c:4372
ntfs_file_write_iter+0xcd9/0x1c20 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1253
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x63b/0xf70 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x133/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
__se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
__x64_sys_write+0x77/0xc0 fs/read_write.c:746
...
[CAUSE]
system.ntfs_attrib updates ATTR_DATA flags via ni_new_attr_flags()
and switches i_mapping->a_ops to ntfs_aops_cmpr when
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED is set. system.dos_attrib then overwrites
ni->std_fa from a one-byte DOS attribute value, clearing the compression
bit without updating ATTR_DATA or the mapping operations.
Old buffered writes use is_compressed(ni) to choose
__generic_file_write_iter(). That leaves generic_perform_write() calling
a NULL write_begin callback from ntfs_aops_cmpr.
[FIX]
Treat system.dos_attrib as a low-byte DOS attribute update and preserve the
existing non-DOS attribute bits in ni->std_fa. This keeps compressed and
sparse state consistent with ATTR_DATA and the mapping operations while
keeping the existing DOS attribute semantics intact.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/ntfs3/xattr.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "2de91ae285b0b878604d2bd83c3c395a8071e482",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "407ee19828a7d9700969ed9cc53be50d0f533619",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "b1c1101067d9536bcb0fe023b96ee2dde5535959",
"status": "affected",
"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.12.111",
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.18.53",
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/ntfs3/xattr.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.111",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.53",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: preserve non-DOS attribute bits in system.dos_attrib\n\n[BUG]\nA corrupted ntfs3 image can hit a NULL function pointer call in\ngeneric_perform_write() after toggling system.ntfs_attrib and then\noverwriting system.dos_attrib on the same file.\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n\\#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode\n\\#PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page\nPGD bed5067 P4D bed5067 PUD 0\nOops: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\nRIP: 0010:0x0\nCode: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.\nRSP: 0018:ffff88801025f988 EFLAGS: 00010246\nCall Trace:\n generic_perform_write+0x409/0x8c0 mm/filemap.c:4255\n __generic_file_write_iter+0x1bb/0x200 mm/filemap.c:4372\n ntfs_file_write_iter+0xcd9/0x1c20 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1253\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x63b/0xf70 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x133/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]\n __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]\n __x64_sys_write+0x77/0xc0 fs/read_write.c:746\n ...\n\n[CAUSE]\nsystem.ntfs_attrib updates ATTR_DATA flags via ni_new_attr_flags()\nand switches i_mapping-\u003ea_ops to ntfs_aops_cmpr when\nFILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED is set. system.dos_attrib then overwrites\nni-\u003estd_fa from a one-byte DOS attribute value, clearing the compression\nbit without updating ATTR_DATA or the mapping operations.\n\nOld buffered writes use is_compressed(ni) to choose\n__generic_file_write_iter(). That leaves generic_perform_write() calling\na NULL write_begin callback from ntfs_aops_cmpr.\n\n[FIX]\nTreat system.dos_attrib as a low-byte DOS attribute update and preserve the\nexisting non-DOS attribute bits in ni-\u003estd_fa. This keeps compressed and\nsparse state consistent with ATTR_DATA and the mapping operations while\nkeeping the existing DOS attribute semantics intact."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-97439",
"lastModified": "2026-09-24T17:17:22.073",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-09-24T17:17:22.073",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de91ae285b0b878604d2bd83c3c395a8071e482"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/407ee19828a7d9700969ed9cc53be50d0f533619"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c1101067d9536bcb0fe023b96ee2dde5535959"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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