Bug 2293704 (CVE-2024-38623)

Summary: CVE-2024-38623 kernel: fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Patrick Del Bello <pdelbell>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, mbenatto, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: kernel 5.15.161, kernel 6.1.93, kernel 6.6.33, kernel 6.9.4, kernel 6.10-rc1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem module. This issue has been resolved by switching from a fixed-size array to a variable-length array. This change mitigates the risk of buffer overflows that could potentially be exploited by attackers.
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Description Patrick Del Bello 2024-06-21 19:39:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-38623 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024062139-CVE-2024-38623-7c77@gregkh/T