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CVE-2023-53988

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CVE-2023-53988

Published: Dec 24, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hdr_delete_de() Here is a BUG report from syzbot: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806 Read of size 16842960 at addr ffff888079cc0600 by task syz-executor934/3631 Call Trace: memmove+0x25/0x60 mm/kasan/shadow.c:54 hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806 indx_delete_entry+0x74f/0x3670 fs/ntfs3/index.c:2193 ni_remove_name+0x27a/0x980 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2910 ntfs_unlink_inode+0x3d4/0x720 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1712 ntfs_rename+0x41a/0xcb0 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:276 Before using the meta-data in struct INDEX_HDR, we need to check index header valid or not. Otherwise, the corruptedi (or malicious) fs image can cause out-of-bounds access which could make kernel panic.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 - < c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216
affected
82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 - < 9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e
affected
82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 - < 114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f
affected
82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 - < 4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761
affected
82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 - < ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2

Linux

Linux

affected
5.15
unaffected
0 - < 5.15
unaffected
5.15.111 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.28 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.2.15 - <= 6.2.*

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