{"id":"CVE-2023-53988","summary":"fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hdr_delete_de()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hdr_delete_de()\n\nHere is a BUG report from syzbot:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806\nRead of size 16842960 at addr ffff888079cc0600 by task syz-executor934/3631\n\nCall Trace:\n memmove+0x25/0x60 mm/kasan/shadow.c:54\n hdr_delete_de+0xe0/0x150 fs/ntfs3/index.c:806\n indx_delete_entry+0x74f/0x3670 fs/ntfs3/index.c:2193\n ni_remove_name+0x27a/0x980 fs/ntfs3/frecord.c:2910\n ntfs_unlink_inode+0x3d4/0x720 fs/ntfs3/inode.c:1712\n ntfs_rename+0x41a/0xcb0 fs/ntfs3/namei.c:276\n\nBefore using the meta-data in struct INDEX_HDR, we need to\ncheck index header valid or not. Otherwise, the corruptedi\n(or malicious) fs image can cause out-of-bounds access which\ncould make kernel panic.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:34.488348964Z","published":"2025-12-24T10:55:27.762Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53988.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53988.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53988"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17"},{"fixed":"c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216"},{"fixed":"9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e"},{"fixed":"114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f"},{"fixed":"4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761"},{"fixed":"ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.15.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.111"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.28"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.15"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.3.0"},{"fixed":"6.3.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53988.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}