CVE-2026-90199

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: reject out-of-range evcn in mi_enum_attr() In mi_enum_attr(), the start/end VCN validation for non-resident attributes is: if (svcn > evcn + 1) goto out; When evcn is U64_MAX the "evcn + 1" expression wraps to 0 and any svcn passes the check. For evcn values close to U64_MAX (but not equal to it) the right-hand side is still a meaningless near-wrap upper bound, so a malformed on-disk attribute with svcn == 0 and evcn near U64_MAX can pass mi_enum_attr() unrejected. VCN (virtual cluster number) is a cluster index, so any valid evcn is bounded by the volume's total cluster count, which ntfs3 holds in sbi->used.bitmap.nbits (set up in ntfs_init_from_boot() before any caller of mi_enum_attr() runs). Reject evcn values that fall outside this range. However, an empty non-resident attribute (no allocated clusters) is legitimately encoded with svcn == 0 and evcn == -1 (U64_MAX), e.g. via attr->nres.evcn = cpu_to_le64((u64)vcn - 1) with vcn == 0. That sentinel must keep passing, so exclude evcn == U64_MAX from the range check. The existing "svcn > evcn + 1" test still tolerates the sentinel ("0 > 0" is false) and continues to require svcn == 0 for it, while the range check rejects every other out-of-range evcn and thereby also defuses the "evcn + 1" wraparound. svcn does not need its own bound: once evcn < nbits, "svcn > evcn + 1" implies svcn <= nbits. [[email protected]: fixed evcn check]

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:14.790000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:09.927000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:14.790",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:09.927",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: reject out-of-range evcn in mi_enum_attr()\n\nIn mi_enum_attr(), the start/end VCN validation for non-resident\nattributes is:\n\n\tif (svcn > evcn + 1) goto out;\n\nWhen evcn is U64_MAX the \"evcn + 1\" expression wraps to 0 and any svcn\npasses the check. For evcn values close to U64_MAX (but not equal to it)\nthe right-hand side is still a meaningless near-wrap upper bound, so a\nmalformed on-disk attribute with svcn == 0 and evcn near U64_MAX can pass\nmi_enum_attr() unrejected.\n\nVCN (virtual cluster number) is a cluster index, so any valid evcn is\nbounded by the volume's total cluster count, which ntfs3 holds in\nsbi->used.bitmap.nbits (set up in ntfs_init_from_boot() before any caller\nof mi_enum_attr() runs). Reject evcn values that fall outside this range.\n\nHowever, an empty non-resident attribute (no allocated clusters) is\nlegitimately encoded with svcn == 0 and evcn == -1 (U64_MAX), e.g. via\nattr->nres.evcn = cpu_to_le64((u64)vcn - 1) with vcn == 0. That sentinel\nmust keep passing, so exclude evcn == U64_MAX from the range check. The\nexisting \"svcn > evcn + 1\" test still tolerates the sentinel (\"0 > 0\" is\nfalse) and continues to require svcn == 0 for it, while the range check\nrejects every other out-of-range evcn and thereby also defuses the\n\"evcn + 1\" wraparound.\n\nsvcn does not need its own bound: once evcn < nbits, \"svcn > evcn + 1\"\nimplies svcn <= nbits.\n\n[[email protected]: fixed evcn check]"
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