Bug 2481933 (CVE-2026-45864) - CVE-2026-45864 kernel: fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next valid being the same
Summary: CVE-2026-45864 kernel: fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next va...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-45864
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-05-27 15:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 04:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-27 15:03:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: prevent infinite loops caused by the next valid being the same

When processing valid within the range [valid : pos), if valid cannot
be retrieved correctly, for example, if the retrieved valid value is
always the same, this can trigger a potential infinite loop, similar
to the hung problem reported by syzbot [1].

Adding a check for the valid value within the loop body, and terminating
the loop and returning -EINVAL if the value is the same as the current
value, can prevent this.

[1]
INFO: task syz.4.21:6056 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Call Trace:
 rwbase_write_lock+0x14f/0x750 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1027 [inline]
 ntfs_file_write_iter+0xe6/0x870 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1284


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