CVE-2022-49553

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Return -EVINVAL if it too large.\n\nThis prevents negative shift values and shift values that are larger than\nthe field size.\n\nPrevents this UBSAN error:\n\n UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ../fs/ntfs3/super.c:673:16\n shift exponent -192 is negative"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only by mounting a crafted NTFS block device/image so ntfs_init_from_boot reads attacker-controlled BOOT.sectors_per_clusters; there is no network or adjacent-protocol entry into fs/ntfs3.\nAC:L - A malicious BOOT with sectors_per_clusters in 0x81\u20130xF3 deterministically triggers the out-of-bounds shift in true_sectors_per_clst(); the attacker fully controls that field with no race or special memory layout required.\nPR:N - The attacker needs no account on the target\u2014only a malicious NTFS image (USB stick, disk/container image, or media presented to udisks2/automount), matching the established hostile-image scoring for this ntfs3 class.\nUI:R - ntfs3 is FS_REQUIRES_DEV without FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so a victim or automount daemon must mount the attacker-supplied volume before the vulnerable boot-sector parse runs.\nS:U - Impact is confined to the host kernel\u2019s handling of the mounted volume under the same OS security authority; it is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:H - The undefined shift yields attacker-influenced sectors_per_cluster/cluster_size geometry that can pass mount checks and drive subsequent NTFS parsing; wrong cluster geometry enables out-of-bounds reads of kernel/on-disk structures, so Confidentiality is High.\nI:H - The same poisoned cluster_size/cluster_bits feed allocation, MFT, and runlist paths that perform size-based copies and updates, enabling heap/metadata corruption and control-flow hijack primitives; Integrity is High.\nA:H - The demonstrated UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds in ntfs_fill_super and subsequent operations on invalid cluster geometry can oops/panic the kernel, so Availability impact is High."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs3/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17", "lessThan": "58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17", "lessThan": "4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17", "lessThan": "a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17", "lessThan": "a3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260", "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/ntfs3/super.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.15", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.15.45", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.17.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.18.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.19", "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": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.45"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.17.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.18.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "5.19"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260"}], "title": "fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors_per_clusters", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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Make sure that the shift value is not too large before using\nit (NTFS max cluster size is 2MB). Return -EVINVAL if it too large.\n\nThis prevents negative shift values and shift values that are larger than\nthe field size.\n\nPrevents this UBSAN error:\n\n UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ../fs/ntfs3/super.c:673:16\n shift exponent -192 is negative"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: fs/ntfs3: validar sectores_por_cl\u00fasteres de BOOT Cuando el campo sectores_por_cl\u00fasteres de BOOT de NTFS es > 0x80, representa un valor de desplazamiento. Aseg\u00farese de que el valor de desplazamiento no sea demasiado grande antes de usarlo (el tama\u00f1o m\u00e1ximo del cl\u00faster de NTFS es 2 MB). Devuelva -EVINVAL si es demasiado grande. Esto evita valores de desplazamiento negativos y valores de desplazamiento que sean m\u00e1s grandes que el tama\u00f1o del campo. Previene este error de UBSAN: UBSAN: desplazamiento fuera de los l\u00edmites en ../fs/ntfs3/super.c:673:16 el exponente de desplazamiento -192 es negativo"}], "id": "CVE-2022-49553", "lastModified": "2026-08-04T10:17:51.030", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-02-26T07:01:31.133", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-190"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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{"created": "2025-07-13T21:07:31.994292+00:00", "updated": "2025-07-13T21:07:31.994355+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"]}