CVE-2026-72201ntfs: validate index entries on reading
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: validate index entries on reading Validate index entries immediately after reading an index root or index block from disk. This eliminates repeated checks in lookup and readdir, and reduce the risk of missing checks in those paths.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 before e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9; from 0a8ac0c1fa0b99a5b29002bc7f232ed7eafddef0 before 2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b95d3adb558ddd5685f9e072ec8661d57ee3a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2221b691d7b2e17f08153f95848dacaa5d87e21d
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