CVE-2026-89611

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-89611

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: validate non-resident attribute offsets

ntfs_attr_update_meta() shifts the attribute name when converting between

non-sparse and sparse attributes. Converting to sparse also adds the

compressed_size field before the name and mapping pairs, requiring eight

additional bytes in the attribute record.

However, the validator does not check that name_offset is within safe

boundaries for these operations or that the additional space is available.

A malicious MFT record could set name_offset such that:

1. The name is positioned at the very end of a non-sparse attribute.

Converting to sparse would shift the name forward by 8 bytes,

writing beyond the attribute boundary.

2. The name overlaps with the mapping pairs, causing corruption during

conversion.

Add validation to ensure:

- For named attributes, name_offset is within valid bounds

- Name does not extend beyond the attribute or overlap with mapping pairs

- For non-sparse, non-compressed attributes, eight bytes are available

after mapping_pairs_offset for the compressed_size field

The space check also covers unnamed attributes, for which name_offset = 0

is valid and no name range needs to be checked. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References