{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-90117","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.787Z","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:06:22.705Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:06:22.705Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T16:06:22.705Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: validate usa_ofs before preserving the update sequence number\n\nWhen ntfs_mft_record_alloc() reuses a free mft record it reads the old\nupdate sequence number straight from the on-disk record:\n\n     usn = *(__le16 *)((u8 *)m + le16_to_cpu(m->usa_ofs));\n\nHere m points into the raw $MFT page-cache folio, which still holds\nunvalidated, MST-protected bytes: the folio is read by a plain\niomap_read_folio() and neither post_read_mst_fixup() nor\nntfs_mft_record_check() has run on it (both work on private copies).\nm->usa_ofs is therefore an untrusted u16, and a corrupted record can put\nit past the end of the record so the two-byte read lands outside the\nfolio.  Reading such a record while creating a file gives, under KASAN:\n\n   BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ntfs_mft_record_alloc+...\n   Read of size 2 at addr ...\n    ntfs_mft_record_alloc -> __ntfs_create -> ntfs_create -> path_openat\n\nOnly preserve the old update sequence number when usa_ofs is even and in\nrange, mirroring the check ntfs_mft_record_check() already applies;\notherwise leave usn zero, which the existing restore below skips."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/mft.c"],"versions":[{"version":"495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed","lessThan":"ea5a3c30710710c1dc5e483d3313309ec2e868f7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed","lessThan":"81684340963da2e898eabb8c1e274433d9375bc6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ntfs/mft.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5a3c30710710c1dc5e483d3313309ec2e868f7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81684340963da2e898eabb8c1e274433d9375bc6"}],"title":"ntfs: validate usa_ofs before preserving the update sequence number","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}