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CVE-2026-90048: Linux kernel NTFS driver may overwrite memory
CVE-2026-90048 · published 1 month ago
Summary
The Linux kernel’s NTFS file‑system driver can write past the end of a memory buffer when handling specially crafted NTFS images. This could allow a local attacker to corrupt the system’s memory and potentially gain higher privileges. Install the latest kernel updates from your Linux distribution to fix the issue.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 7.2.6-1.
- Update linux kernel to version 7.2.5.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.53-r0.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.111-r0.
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.111-1.
- Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1.
- Update canonical linux-hwe-7.0 to version 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-riscv-7.0 to version 7.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux to version 7.0.0-42.42.
- Update canonical linux-aws to version 7.0.0-1016.17.
- Update canonical linux-gcp to version 7.0.0-1016.18.
- Update canonical linux-ibm to version 7.0.0-1017.17.
- Update canonical linux-oem-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1017.17.
- Update canonical linux-oracle to version 7.0.0-1015.16.
- Update canonical linux-riscv to version 7.0.0-42.42.1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.191-r0.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 7.2.6-1 Fix: upgrade to 7.2.6-1
|
| – | linux | linux |
< 7e9aee7e4d9767cc3e423b3beecb01c7ebb6bbcd 5.15 < 3a38f3c71bcd9bd58d86489c364bd29a4c2c860e |
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.0, < 7.2.5 Fix: upgrade to 7.2.5
|
| Debian:12 | debian | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lts-xenial | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-kvm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-iot | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iotg | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-bos | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1017.17 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17
|
| Alpaquita:23 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.1.182-r0 >= 6.1.189-r0, < 6.1.191-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.191-r0
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| Alpaquita:25 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.12.103-r0 >= 6.12.103-r0, < 6.12.111-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-r0
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| Alpaquita:stream | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.18.46-r0 >= 6.18.46-r0, < 6.18.53-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.18.53-r0
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| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.111-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1
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| Debian:12 | debian | linux-6.12 |
< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-vmware | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux |
< 7.0.0-42.42 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-42.42
|
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws |
< 7.0.0-1016.17 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.17
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp |
< 7.0.0-1016.18 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.18
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm |
< 7.0.0-1017.17 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle |
< 7.0.0-1015.16 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1015.16
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv |
< 7.0.0-42.42.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-42.42.1
|
Original advisory text
BELL-CVE-2026-90048
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: fix slab-out-of-bounds write in ni_create_attr_list() ni_create_attr_list() allocates a fixed buffer of al_aligned(record_size) (== record_size) bytes and then walks every attribute of the primary MFT record, writing one ATTR_LIST_ENTRY per attribute and advancing the cursor by le_size(name_len), with no check against the end of the buffer; the total size is only computed after the loop. A minimum-size resident attribute occupies SIZEOF_RESIDENT (0x18 = 24) bytes on disk, but an unnamed attribute expands to le_size(0) (0x20 = 32) bytes in the list. Because the number of attributes in a record is not bounded (mi_enum_attr() accepts arbitrarily many equal-type, nameless minimum-size attributes), a crafted record packed with such attributes produces a list larger than record_size and overflows the heap buffer. This is reachable from a crafted, loop-mounted NTFS image: opening the file and adding an attribute (e.g. via setxattr) drives ntfs_set_ea() -> ni_insert_resident() -> ni_insert_attr() -> ni_ins_attr_ext() -> ni_create_attr_list(). BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 Write of size 4 at addr ffff000008984c00 by task setfattr/345 ni_create_attr_list+0xc48/0x1058 ni_ins_attr_ext+0x510/0x7c0 ni_insert_attr+0x3f8/0x70c ni_insert_resident+0xc8/0x3b0 ntfs_set_ea+0x66c/0xd28 ntfs_setxattr+0x4d8/0x5b0 __arm64_sys_setxattr+0xa4/0x124 Allocated by task 345: ni_create_attr_list+0x188/0x1058 The buggy address belongs to the cache kmalloc-1k of size 1024 (the write lands at object+1024). Size the buffer from the actual attributes instead of assuming a single record_size is always enough.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9aee7e4d9767cc3e423b3beecb01c7ebb6bbcd URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07e281f2a7710502985d6f80b95ddac8f4e81d5 URL
- https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-90048 Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-90048 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2215cf451414b0512cd6f7d37a057893811f4d URL
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-90048 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90048 Third Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90048 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a38f3c71bcd9bd58d86489c364bd29a4c2c860e URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4841e2a62794a3bab7c1ff0540580f387e377f URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84f3db72561c4d9281c5ff721ce46b9ffa7f30e URL
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90048... Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/7c4841e2a62794a3bab7c1ff0540580f387e377f Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8959-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8960-1 Vendor Advisory
Severity
9.1
Critical
Timeline
Published16 Sep 2026
Updated12 Nov 2026
First seen16 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-90048 · NVD
CVE-2026-90048 · MITRE
CVE-2026-90048 · OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90048 · OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90048 · OSV
BELL-CVE-2026-90048 · OSV
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