CVE-2026-63833

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 roo...

CVE-2026-63833

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 iuid, igid and imode from ntfsgetwslperm. Because the empty-prefi...

CVE-2026-63833 ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs

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 iuid, igid and imode from ntfsgetwslperm. Because the empty-prefi...

CVE-2026-63833

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 iuid, igid and imode from ntfsgetwslperm. Because the empty-prefi...

PT-2026-61149

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the ntfs3 driver where the empty-prefix xattr handler allows file owners to call setxattr directly on reserved xattrs used as internal WSL permission metadata,...