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.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected by this vulnerability because the ntfs3 filesystem implementation is not enabled or shipped in supported Red Hat kernels. Exploitation requires mounting a crafted NTFS filesystem to trigger the out-of-bounds read and subsequent system crash. Because the vulnerable driver code is not present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, this flaw presents no operational risk to Red Hat environments.