CVE-2022-50869

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this is a local block-device/loop/USB image path with no network protocol handler.\nAC:L - On 16K/64K PAGE_SIZE kernels log->page_size exceeds the fixed 4K r_page allocation so the first read_log_page deterministically overflows; on 4K kernels a crafted on-disk sys_page_size < 4096 takes the realloc path and overflows the same way, with no race or uncontrollable layout dependency.\nPR:N - The attacker needs no account on the target\u2014the payload is solely a malicious NTFS image (USB stick, disk image, or media handed to udisks2/automount on desktops, kiosks, Android, or automotive systems), matching other ntfs3 image-parsing scores.\nUI:R - Someone must mount the volume or insert the media into a system that automounts it; ntfs3 is FS_REQUIRES_DEV without FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so an unprivileged userns cannot mount it alone.\nS:U - The slab out-of-bounds write corrupts host kernel heap within the same security authority as the mounting kernel; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - ntfs_read_run_nb memcpy's up to tens of KiB of attacker-controlled $LogFile bytes past a 4K slab object into adjacent heap, enabling classic heap-overlap disclosure primitives consistent with memory-corruption guidance.\nI:H - This is a large attacker-controlled slab out-of-bounds write (disk contents into undersized r_page), providing a heap write primitive suitable for adjacent-object corruption and control-flow hijack.\nA:H - The commit's KASAN stack shows a slab-out-of-bounds fault in ntfs_read_run_nb during mount that oopses/panics the kernel, fully denying availability."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ntfs3/fslog.c"], "versions": [{"version": "b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445", "lessThan": "ed686e7a26dd19ae6b46bb662f735acfa88ff7bc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445", "lessThan": "bf86a640a34947d92062996e1a75b9cd9d83dd19", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445", "lessThan": "6d076293e5bffdf897ea5f975669206e09beed6a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445", "lessThan": "ecfbd57cf9c5ca225184ae266ce44ae473792132", "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/fslog.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.15", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.15.87", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.0.17", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2", "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": "5.15.87"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.17"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed686e7a26dd19ae6b46bb662f735acfa88ff7bc"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf86a640a34947d92062996e1a75b9cd9d83dd19"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d076293e5bffdf897ea5f975669206e09beed6a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecfbd57cf9c5ca225184ae266ce44ae473792132"}], "title": "fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in r_page", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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