Service interruption via wrapped NTFS journal offset
Published Jun 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Integer overflow in Linux kernel ntfs3 allows local users to interrupt service while processing an NTFS journal with large offsets. In fs/ntfs3/fslog.c, log_read_rst stores vbo in 32 bits while repeatedly calculating 2 * vbo + skip, allowing the journal offset to wrap before its size comparison. Low-privileged local access is required; published material limits the effect to service interruption but does not specify whether the kernel hangs, crashes, or reboots.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in Linux kernel ntfs3 allows local users to interrupt service while processing an NTFS journal with large offsets. In fs/ntfs3/fslog.c, log_read_rst stores vbo in 32 bits while repeatedly calculating 2 * vbo + skip, allowing the journal offset to wrap before its size comparison. Low-privileged local access is required; published material limits the effect to service interruption but does not specify whether the kernel hangs, crashes, or reboots.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-38624
- Published
- Jun 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.15
- Affected versionversion=b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 <109d85a98345ee52d47c650405dc51bdd2bc7d40
- Affected versionversion=b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 <2d1ad595d15f36a925480199bf1d9ad72614210b
- Affected versionversion=b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 <847db4049f6189427ddaefcfc967d4d235b73c57
- Affected versionversion=b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 <98db3155b54d3684ef0ab5bfa0b856d13f65843d
- Affected versionversion=b46acd6a6a627d876898e1c84d3f84902264b445 <e931f6b630ffb22d66caab202a52aa8cbb10c649
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