CVE-2024-42299

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the fs/ntfs3 component of the Linux kernel, where an NTFS file system mounted to another system with a different PAGE SIZE from the original system can cause a panic due to incorrect updating of log->page {mask,bits} when log->page size changes. This can lead to a negative value in the later read log page() function. The estimated number of potentially affected devices and details about real-world incidents are not provided.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.