CVE-2024-50248
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The ntfs3 filesystem driver lacks bounds checking in the mi_enum_attr() function.
- Who is affected
- Linux systems using the ntfs3 driver to mount NTFS filesystems are affected.
- Urgency
- Unknown priority; bounds checking failure could permit out-of-bounds access but full impact is unclear.
- Action
- Apply kernel patches adding bounds checking to ntfs3 mi_enum_attr() or update to a patched kernel version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- unknownCVE-2024-50248: ntfs3: Add bounds checking to mi_enum_attr()msrc · 2026-08-06
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