Memory corruption via wrapped resident attribute size
Published May 17, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Buffer overflow in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver allows attackers to corrupt kernel memory through a crafted NTFS volume. In mi_enum_attr(), adding a resident attribute data size to its offset in 32-bit arithmetic can wrap and bypass the record-size check, enabling out-of-bounds reads and writes. Exploitation requires the malicious volume to be mounted or handled by an automounter and can disclose or overwrite kernel memory or crash the system.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver allows attackers to corrupt kernel memory through a crafted NTFS volume. In mi_enum_attr(), adding a resident attribute data size to its offset in 32-bit arithmetic can wrap and bypass the record-size check, enabling out-of-bounds reads and writes. Exploitation requires the malicious volume to be mounted or handled by an automounter and can disclose or overwrite kernel memory or crash the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27407
- Published
- May 17, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <1c0a95d99b1b2b5d842e5abc7ef7eed1193b60d7
- Affected versionversion=4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <652cfeb43d6b9aba5c7c4902bed7a7340df131fb
- Affected versionversion=4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <8c77398c72618101d66480b94b34fe9087ee3d08
- Affected versionversion=4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e <e99faa97359654b6e4e769246c72cf50a57e05b2
- Affected versionversion=5.15
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