CVE-2024-50247
kernel: fs/ntfs3: Check if more than chunk-size bytes are written
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 9, 2024
Updated · September 14, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 file system driver. An attacker with local access could craft a specially malformed NTFS compressed chunk. When this chunk is decompressed, it can lead to an out-of-bounds write, potentially causing a denial of service or other system instability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read