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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-54125 EUVD-2023-60320GHSA-7223-2xhw-36wm

fs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

fs/ntfs3: Return error for inconsistent extended attributes

ntfs_read_ea is called when we want to read extended attributes. There
are some sanity checks for the validity of the EAs. However, it fails to
return a proper error code for the inconsistent attributes, which might
lead to unpredicted memory accesses after return.

[ 138.916927] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0
[ 138.923876] Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800205cfac by task poc/199
[ 138.931132]
[ 138.933016] CPU: 0 PID: 199 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1+ #4
[ 138.938070] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 138.947327] Call Trace:
[ 138.949557] <TASK>
[ 138.951539] dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x67
[ 138.956834] print_report+0x16f/0x4a6
[ 138.960798] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0
[ 138.964437] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x7d/0x200
[ 138.969793] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0
[ 138.973523] kasan_report+0xb8/0x140
[ 138.976740] ? ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0
[ 138.980578] __asan_store4+0x76/0xa0
[ 138.984669] ntfs_set_ea+0x453/0xbf0
[ 138.988115] ? __pfx_ntfs_set_ea+0x10/0x10
[ 138.993390] ? kernel_text_address+0xd3/0xe0
[ 138.998270] ? __kernel_text_address+0x16/0x50
[ 139.002121] ? unwind_get_return_address+0x3e/0x60
[ 139.005659] ? __pfx_stack_trace_consume_entry+0x10/0x10
[ 139.010177] ? arch_stack_walk+0xa2/0x100
[ 139.013657] ? filter_irq_stacks+0x27/0x80
[ 139.017018] ntfs_setxattr+0x405/0x440
[ 139.022151] ? __pfx_ntfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 139.026569] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120
[ 139.030329] ? kasan_save_stack+0x41/0x60
[ 139.033883] ? kasan_save_stack+0x2a/0x60
[ 139.037338] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40
[ 139.040163] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30
[ 139.043588] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0x8b/0xa0
[ 139.047255] ? __kmalloc_node+0x68/0x150
[ 139.051264] ? kvmalloc_node+0x2d/0x120
[ 139.055301] ? vmemdup_user+0x2b/0xa0
[ 139.058584] __vfs_setxattr+0x121/0x170
[ 139.062617] ? __pfx___vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 139.066282] __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x97/0x300
[ 139.070061] __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x145/0x170
[ 139.073580] vfs_setxattr+0x137/0x2a0
[ 139.076641] ? __pfx_vfs_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 139.080223] ? __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20
[ 139.084234] do_setxattr+0xce/0x150
[ 139.087768] setxattr+0x126/0x140
[ 139.091250] ? __pfx_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 139.094948] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xcb/0x140
[ 139.097838] ? __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x1c7/0x330
[ 139.102688] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30
[ 139.105985] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0x5b/0x190
[ 139.109980] ? putname+0x84/0xa0
[ 139.113886] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x11e/0x1b0
[ 139.117961] ? putname+0x84/0xa0
[ 139.121316] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0
[ 139.124427] ? __mnt_want_write+0xae/0x100
[ 139.127836] ? mnt_want_write+0x8f/0x150
[ 139.130954] path_setxattr+0x164/0x180
[ 139.133998] ? __pfx_path_setxattr+0x10/0x10
[ 139.137853] ? __pfx_ksys_pwrite64+0x10/0x10
[ 139.141299] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x1b/0x30
[ 139.145714] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x6b/0x80
[ 139.150796] __x64_sys_setxattr+0x71/0x90
[ 139.155407] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[ 139.159035] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
[ 139.163843] RIP: 0033:0x7f108cae4469
[ 139.166481] Code: 00 f3 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 088
[ 139.183764] RSP: 002b:00007fff87588388 EFLAGS: 00000286 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
[ 139.190657] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f108cae4469
[ 139.196586] RDX: 00007fff875883b0 RSI: 00007fff875883d1 RDI: 00007fff875883b6
[ 139.201716] RBP: 00007fff8758c530 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00007fff8758c618
[ 139.207940] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000286 R12: 00000000004004c0
[ 139.214007] R13: 00007fff8758c610 R14: 0000000000000000 R15
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15.121 – < 5.15.210, 6.1.40 – < 6.1.176, 6.2 5.15.210

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.4.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.13-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.176-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1101.103 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-198.208 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1117.124 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1123.132 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1122.131 USN-8876-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1118.128 USN-8877-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1113.119 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1100.108 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1111.115 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1112.118 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1109.114 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-195.205 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1112.113 USN-8875-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1070.72 USN-8963-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1059.59 USN-8963-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1114.120 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1113.116 USN-9029-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1080.84 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1109.111 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1116.125 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-198.208+fips1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1 USN-8877-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1 USN-8878-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1 USN-8875-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1 USN-8963-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1 USN-8879-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

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