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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs", "id": "2502231", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502231"}, "csaw": false, "cwe": "CWE-915", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs\nNTFS3 uses $LXUID, $LXGID, $LXMOD and $LXDEV as internal WSL\npermission metadata and reloads them into i_uid, i_gid and i_mode\nfrom ntfs_get_wsl_perm().\nBecause the empty-prefix xattr handler also lets file owners call\nsetxattr() on these names directly, an unprivileged writer on a\nwritable ntfs3 mount can plant root ownership and S_ISUID on their own\nfile and gain euid 0 after inode reload.\nReject direct userspace writes to the reserved $LX* names. Internal\nntfs3 metadata updates are unchanged because ntfs_save_wsl_perm()\nwrites them via ntfs_set_ea() directly.\n[almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com: added an additional check for non privileged users]", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ntfs3 filesystem driver. An unprivileged local user with write access to an ntfs3 mounted filesystem can exploit a vulnerability by directly modifying internal Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) permission metadata. This manipulation allows the user to gain root privileges on the system."], "name": "CVE-2026-63833", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "impact": "important", "package_name": "erlang27", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}], "public_date": "2026-07-19T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63833\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63833\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071908-CVE-2026-63833-b826@gregkh/T"]}

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