High · published July 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs
NTFS3 uses $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD and $LXDEV as internal WSL
permission metadata and reloads them into i_uid, i_gid and i_mode
from ntfs_get_wsl_perm().
Because the empty-prefix xattr handler also lets file owners call
setxattr() on these names directly, an unprivileged writer on a
writable ntfs3 mount can plant root ownership and S_ISUID on their own
file and gain euid 0 after inode reload.
Reject direct userspace writes to the reserved $LX* names. Internal
ntfs3 metadata updates are unchanged because ntfs_save_wsl_perm()
writes them via ntfs_set_ea() directly.
[[email protected]: added an additional check for non privileged users]
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.15, < 5.15.211 | 5.15.211 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.177 | 6.1.177 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.144 | 6.6.144 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.95 | 6.12.95 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.38 | 6.18.38 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 7.1.3 | 7.1.3 |