Bug 2425076 (CVE-2023-54063)

Summary: CVE-2023-54063 kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds read in NTFS3 filesystem driver
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem driver. A local attacker could exploit an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the `indx_insert_into_buffer` function. This occurs when an incorrect index value leads to reading beyond allocated memory during a `memmove` operation. Successful exploitation could result in information disclosure, data corruption, or a denial of service (DoS) on the system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 13:06:47 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Fix OOB read in indx_insert_into_buffer

Syzbot reported a OOB read bug:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in indx_insert_into_buffer+0xaa3/0x13b0
fs/ntfs3/index.c:1755
Read of size 17168 at addr ffff8880255e06c0 by task syz-executor308/3630

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 memmove+0x25/0x60 mm/kasan/shadow.c:54
 indx_insert_into_buffer+0xaa3/0x13b0 fs/ntfs3/index.c:1755
 indx_insert_entry+0x446/0x6b0 fs/ntfs3/index.c:1863
 ntfs_create_inode+0x1d3f/0x35c0 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1548
 ntfs_create+0x3e/0x60 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:100
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3413 [inline]

If the member struct INDEX_BUFFER *index of struct indx_node is
incorrect, that is, the value of __le32 used is greater than the value
of __le32 total in struct INDEX_HDR. Therefore, OOB read occurs when
memmove is called in indx_insert_into_buffer().
Fix this by adding a check in hdr_find_e().
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-25 04:20:24 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122429-CVE-2023-54063-e78c@gregkh/T