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CVE-2026-90131: ntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99, d9e00c457d4ab8ab59c6e4b8554c921260e4e16c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99, d9e00c457d4ab8ab59c6e4b8554c921260e4e16c or later.

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident() walks the MFT record through ntfs_attr_lookup() -> ntfs_attr_find() without taking ni->mrec_lock, while ntfs_attr_record_resize(), ntfs_make_room_for_attr() and ntfs_resident_attr_record_add() memmove() the same base_ni->mrec buffer under that lock. map_mft_record() only takes a reference and does not serialize, so the reader can observe torn attribute length and offset fields while a writer is relocating the records. KCSAN reports the race between the mmap read fault path and both link() and unlink(): BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ntfs_attr_find / ntfs_attr_record_resize write to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 96 on cpu 1: ntfs_attr_record_resize+0xd2/0x130 ntfs_attr_record_rm+0xad/0x530 ntfs_delete+0x224/0x640 ntfs_unlink+0x14d/0x280 vfs_unlink+0x157/0x520 read to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 95 on cpu 0: ntfs_attr_find+0x104/0x5b0 ntfs_attr_lookup+0x39c/0x10c0 ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident+0xc6/0x230 ntfs_read_iomap_begin+0x5d/0xa0 iomap_iter+0x2e2/0x6e0 iomap_read_folio+0x147/0x2a0 ntfs_read_folio+0x108/0x170 filemap_read_folio+0x35/0x100 filemap_fault+0x993/0x1000 value changed: 0x00000250 -> 0x000001f0 The address is mrec + 0x18, i.e. mft_record.bytes_in_use, and the change is the 96 bytes of one $FILE_NAME attribute being removed. Keep base_ni->mrec_lock from the resident read iomap lookup through iomap_end(). This protects both the attribute walk and the subsequent copy from iomap->inline_data, which points into the MFT record. The non-resident path is left alone: ntfs_lookup() already holds the directory inode's mrec_lock when it reads an index folio through read_mapping_folio(), and taking the lock in the shared wrapper deadlocks there with recursive locking on mrec_lock. The comment above the read_mapping_folio() call in fs/ntfs/dir.c notes the same hazard. The seek path uses the same lookup helper but does not dereference iomap->inline_data. Release the lock before returning from that path, whereas the regular read path records base_ni in iomap->private and releases the lock from its iomap_end() callback. Tested with a reproducer that faults in a 16-byte resident file while another thread runs link()/unlink() on it. Before: 40 KCSAN reports in about one second. After: no reports in 180 seconds over 206,090 read iterations and 423,540 link/unlink cycles. A PROVE_LOCKING build shows no lockdep splat with the same reproducer running for 60 seconds.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile
CWE
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28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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  • Linux Linux

    • 7.1affected
    • b041ca562526b3c4a71b41b80ba5e520eac636ad and later · before 0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99affected · git
    • b041ca562526b3c4a71b41b80ba5e520eac636ad and later · before d9e00c457d4ab8ab59c6e4b8554c921260e4e16caffected · git
    • before 7.1not affected · semver
    • 7.2.6 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
    • 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

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EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.6-17.2.6-1

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    28Monitor

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0400e0d50eb3be19c98323faa322b652e4ae3f99Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd9e00c457d4ab8ab59c6e4b8554c921260e4e16cVendor (CNA)
debian:linux7.2.6-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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