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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-72191" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:53:51.893Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T18:45:00.783Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72191" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72191.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72191" title: "ntfs3: validate split-point offset in indx_insert_into_buffer" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs3: validate split-point offset in indx_insert_into_buffer\n\nindx_insert_into_buffer() computes\n\n used = used1 - to_copy - sp_size;\n memmove(de_t, Add2Ptr(sp, sp_size), used - le32_to_cpu(hdr1-\u003ede_off));\n\nwhere sp and sp_size come from hdr_find_split(). hdr_find_split()\nwalks entries by le16_to_cpu(e-\u003esize) without validating that each\nstep stays within hdr-\u003eused or that the size field is at least\nsizeof(struct NTFS_DE). index_hdr_check(), the on-load gatekeeper,\nonly validates header-level fields (used, total, de_off) and does\nnot walk per-entry sizes.\n\nA crafted NTFS image whose leaf INDEX_HDR reports used == total but\ncontains one interior NTFS_DE with size = 0xFFF0 therefore passes\nvalidation, descends to indx_insert_into_buffer() through the\nntfs_create() -\u003e indx_insert_entry() path, and makes hdr_find_split()\nreturn an sp whose sp_size (0xFFF0) greatly exceeds the remaining\nbytes in the buffer. The u32 subtraction underflows and the memmove\ncount becomes a near-4-GiB value, producing an out-of-bounds kernel\nwrite that corrupts adjacent allocations and panics the kernel.\n\nReproduced on 7.0.0-rc7 with UML + KASAN via a crafted image and a\nsingle 'touch' inside the mounted directory; crash site resolves to\nfs/ntfs3/index.c at the memmove. Trigger requires only local mount\nof an attacker-supplied filesystem image (USB, loopback, or removable\nmedia auto-mount).\n\nReject the split whenever the chosen sp plus its declared size\nalready extends past hdr1-\u003eused. This is the minimal fix; it\npreserves the existing hdr_find_split() contract and relies on the\nsame out: cleanup path as the pre-existing error returns.\n\nA prior OOB read in the very same indx_insert_into_buffer() memmove\nwas fixed in commit b8c44949044e (\"fs/ntfs3: Fix OOB read in\nindx_insert_into_buffer\") by tightening hdr_find_e(), but that fix\ndoes not cover the split-point size field path addressed here: sp is\nreturned by hdr_find_split(), not hdr_find_e(), and the underflow is\ndriven by sp-\u003esize rather than hdr-\u003eused exceeding hdr-\u003etotal." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8e4ba5a38c155bb3c1c11e63cd285b178cdb099e"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4c2f648139a0a86f4486170f72e24fedd4fae74e"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b232eb5c9fe11ec2368e9b565db69c724c35fbd2"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7bf74e6baf810fe325f111996496c678fc6e244f"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f3624cc069195001c88df7a291af215f2133ff2c"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1758a564b6ebe7f4a82f23c9851d1cae15549457"},{"version":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f1df9d771df47aa40de6d70949c28720ae1e430d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15"},{"version":"5.15.217","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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