CVE-2023-53988

fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hdr_delete_de()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.15 ≤ v < 5.15.1115.15 ≤ v < 6.1.285.15 ≤ v < 6.2.155.15 ≤ v < 6.3.25.15 ≤ v < 6.45.1582cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17
Vendor states this is fixed in 114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.28 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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