ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr()
CVE-2023-53420

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Key Information:

Vendor

Linux

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2025

What is CVE-2023-53420?

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

ntfs: Fix panic about slab-out-of-bounds caused by ntfs_listxattr()

Here is a BUG report from syzbot:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710 Read of size 1 at addr ffff888021acaf3d by task syz-executor128/3632

Call Trace: ntfs_list_ea fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:191 [inline] ntfs_listxattr+0x401/0x570 fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:710 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:457 [inline] listxattr+0x293/0x2d0 fs/xattr.c:804

Fix the logic of ea_all iteration. When the ea->name_len is 0, return immediately, or Add2Ptr() would visit invalid memory in the next loop.

[[email protected]: lines of the patch have changed]

Affected Version(s)

Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074

Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074

Linux be71b5cba2e6485e8959da7a9f9a44461a1bb074 < 721b75ea2dfce53a8890dff92ae01afca8e74f88

References

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2023-53420 : Slab-out-of-bounds Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Affected by NTFS Module