In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs: bound the free-cluster bitmap scan to the volume
vol->lcn_empty_bits_per_page is sized from vol->nr_clusters at mount, but
ntfs_cluster_alloc() bounds its scan of that array by the size of $Bitmap. Those are independent on-disk quantities and the mount-time check only
rejects a $Bitmap that is too small, so an image whose $Bitmap covers more
clusters than the volume has lets the scan index past the array. A run
whose LCN lies in that gap takes the allocator straight there, since the
caller passes the file's own last LCN as its locality hint. KASAN reports
a slab out-of-bounds read when a file on such a volume is extended.
Clamp the scan to what that array covers, mirroring the max_index
calculation the mount-time scan already uses, and reject a decoded LCN
at or beyond nr_clusters in the mapping pairs decoder. Conforming
volumes are unaffected.
Attack Parameters
Impact Assessment
CVSS Vector v3.1