Bug 2492297 (CVE-2026-53029) - CVE-2026-53029 kernel: fs/ntfs3: prevent uninitialized lcn caused by zero len
Summary: CVE-2026-53029 kernel: fs/ntfs3: prevent uninitialized lcn caused by zero len
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53029
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 17:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:04:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: prevent uninitialized lcn caused by zero len

syzbot reported a uninit-value in ntfs_iomap_begin [1].

Since runs was not touched yet, run_lookup_entry() immediately fails
and returns false, which makes the value of "*len" 0.
Simultaneously, the new value and err value are also 0, causing the
logic in attr_data_get_block_locked() to jump directly to ok, ultimately
resulting in *lcn being triggered before it is set [1].

In ntfs_iomap_begin(), the check for a 0 value in clen is moved forward
to before updating lcn to avoid this [1].

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ntfs_iomap_begin+0x8c0/0x1460 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:825
 ntfs_iomap_begin+0x8c0/0x1460 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:825
 iomap_iter+0x9b7/0x1540 fs/iomap/iter.c:110

Local variable lcn created at:
 ntfs_iomap_begin+0x15d/0x1460 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:786


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