Kernel compromise via wrapped NTFS index offset
Published Apr 16, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Integer overflow in the Linux NTFS3 driver allows local users to compromise or crash 32-bit kernels via crafted NTFS media. On 32-bit builds, hdr_first_de adds sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) to attacker-controlled de_off without overflow-safe arithmetic, allowing the bounds check to accept a wrapped value. A local user must supply and cause the kernel to parse a malformed NTFS index; the resulting out-of-bounds access can corrupt kernel memory or stop the system.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the Linux NTFS3 driver allows local users to compromise or crash 32-bit kernels via crafted NTFS media. On 32-bit builds, hdr_first_de adds sizeof(struct NTFS_DE) to attacker-controlled de_off without overflow-safe arithmetic, allowing the bounds check to accept a wrapped value. A local user must supply and cause the kernel to parse a malformed NTFS index; the resulting out-of-bounds access can corrupt kernel memory or stop the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-22080
- Published
- Apr 16, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=60ce8dfde03558bfc290cd915c60fa243ba2ae84 <201a2bdda13b619c4927700ffe47d387a30ced50
- Affected versionversion=60ce8dfde03558bfc290cd915c60fa243ba2ae84 <6bb81b94f7a9cba6bde9a905cef52a65317a8b04
- Affected versionversion=60ce8dfde03558bfc290cd915c60fa243ba2ae84 <85615aa442830027923fc690390fa74d17b36ae1
- Affected versionversion=60ce8dfde03558bfc290cd915c60fa243ba2ae84 <b9982065b82b4177ba3a7a72ce18c84921f7494d
- Affected versionversion=60ce8dfde03558bfc290cd915c60fa243ba2ae84 <f6d44b1aa46d317e52c21fb9314cfb20dd69e7b0
- Affected versionversion=6.2
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